The era of huge, expensive satellites custom-built for a single purpose is over, surpassed by a number of smaller, less expensive, maneuverable spacecraft that aren’t such an easy target for U.S.

Question asked by Robert: Are there any planets that do not actually orbit but are instead stationery relative to their parent stars? Is this scenario possible? I'm going to say no because I think ...

Space, at least the tiny area around our planet, is more accessible than ever thanks to a nascent boom in small satellites. While easy access to orbit has the potential to revolutionize all sort of ...

India achieved another milestone in its space exploration journey on Saturday evening with the successful launch of its third-generation meteorological satellite, INSAT-3DS. The satellite, weighing ...

Since its injection into orbit on January 24, 2002, INSAT-3C has been successfully maneuvered to move it into geo-stationary orbit. The orbit rising maneuvers were carried out in phases by firing the ...

In the third and final stage of orbit-raising operation conducted today at 09:39 am IST (April 14, 2003) from Master Control Facility (MCF), Hassan, INSAT-3A has been placed in its Geo Stationary ...

The Astra 2G telecommunications satellite was launched in Kazakhstan, on 27 December 2014 and has since been successfully deployed in geo-stationary orbit. Designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence ...