More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

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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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In fact, its orbit is much more similar to that of its neighbors in the Kuiper Belt, a ...

SpaceX is sounding a stark warning after one of its Starlink satellites narrowly avoided a collision with a spacecraft from a Chinese launch, arguing that low Earth orbit is drifting toward a ...

In a real-life twist on Star Wars' Tatooine—a harsh desert planet with twin suns and a criminal underbelly—astronomers have found a bizarre new world that orbits two stars at a perfect right angle.

The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier never before explored by astronauts. Reading time 3 minutes Launching rockets ...

D-Orbit sent two ION satellite carriers into orbit Nov. 28, 2025, on the SpaceX Transporter-15 rideshare. Credit: D-Orbit SAN FRANCISCO – Italy’s D-Orbit sent satellites and hosted payloads into orbit ...