For many college students, satellites are faint dots crossing the sky on clear nights. These objects are background details from science fiction to reality, like GPS, satellite radio, and WiFi. For ...

The OEO satellite promises a geosynchronous orbit around the equator, low latency, and a drastic cut in costs—using readily available technology. Thousands of satellites have been deployed during ...

It's been decades since humanity first sent a satellite into orbit, and during all this time we kind of become experts at it. What we still haven't mastered yet is extending the life of these ...

China successfully demonstrates geosynchronous satellite tracking of moving maritime targets Persistent surveillance from orbit reduces reliance on low Earth satellite constellations Three satellites ...

Two Chinese satellites have completed what could be a first for in-space rendezvous and refueling efforts. They came together in a geosynchronous orbit and have since maintained a steady orbit ...

DARPA is at last ready to test fueling up satellites in faraway Earth orbits, to keep those machines working a little bit longer. DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) long-delayed ...

The world’s leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above the equator. For more than a decade, the US military has operated a fleet of “inspector” satellites ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Asia Pacific’s only Satellite-to-Device (S2D) company Astrum Mobile will operate the very first Satellite-to-Device (S2D) platform delivering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network ...

Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 ...

Two Chinese satellites have completed what could be a first for in-space rendezvous and refueling efforts. They came together in a geosynchronous orbit and have since maintained a steady orbit ...