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The US Space Force just handed SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to put eyes in low orbit hunting hypersonic missiles, cruise missiles, and aircraft

On May 29, the U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to build and operate a constellation of satellites ...
The Aviationist

First In-orbit Photo Taken By Secretive Boeing X-37B Spacecraft Officially Released

The photo, taken during the X-37B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from High-Elliptical Orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs uploaded on the DVIDS website, what is ...
Astronomy

How big is Earth’s orbit around the Sun?

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a relatively ...
Space.com

Earth orbit is getting crowded. Can this map of 1 million routes around our planet help prevent satellite collisions?

"You can try to predict the lifetime of the orbit." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Space is getting crowded — nowadays, over ...
GeekWire

In a first, Blue Origin uses a recycled rocket to send a satellite into orbit — unfortunately, it’s the wrong orbit

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rises from its Florida pad, sending an AST SpaceMobile satellite into space. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture used a previously flown New ...
TechCrunch

In Orbit Aerospace wants to be the third-party logistics provider for science and industry

Two-year-old space startup In Orbit Aerospace wants to be the third-party logistics provider for Earth to space commerce — and to get there, the company just closed a new agreement to validate key ...