SpaceX launch sends 22 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit ...
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Rocket Lab launches sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)
Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18). An Electron ...
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Senators, including former astronaut, introduce bill to make low-Earth orbit safer
As the commercial space industry continues to grow, we need to safely track and manage objects in orbit to prevent collisions,” said former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona.
Labor promises universal outdoor call, text coverage through low-earth orbit satellites
Australians would be able to make calls and send texts from wherever they can see the sky by the end of 2027 in a Labor ...
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First In-orbit Photo Taken By Secretive Boeing X-37B Spacecraft Officially Released
B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from low-Earth orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs ...
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US Space Force's X-37B space plane snaps a selfie with planet Earth
Last week, the US Space Force posted a photo online from its uncrewed X-37B space plane's seventh mission, showing the ...
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US Space Force reveals 1st look at secretive X-37B space plane in orbit (photo)
While the U.S. Space Force, and its previous operator the U.S. Air Force, have been tightlipped about what the space plane ...
NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...
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Italy working on alternative to Musk's Starlink, minister says
Starlink, part of Musk's SpaceX aerospace business, has 6,700 active satellites in low earth orbit. A source told Reuters that Italy was considering a five-year deal with the company worth 1.5 ...