SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to approve a plan to put up to a million satellites in orbit to ...

Learn more about the number of satellites circling Earth and the multiple ways they are changing the sky.

Earth's orbit is getting dangerously crowded with space debris, raising the risk of satellite collisions and global communication failures. Led by the European Space Agency's Zero Debris Charter, ...

Low-Earth orbit is more crowded—and fragile—than it looks. Satellites constantly weave past each other, burning fuel and ...

Another development to look forward to. The post Earth’s Lower Orbit Could Rapidly Collapse, Scientists Warn appeared first ...

SpaceX claims putting data centers in orbit will be cheaper and more environmentally friendly than building them on land.

"We are on Day 1. A lot more needs to be done." ...

SpaceX plans to launch a batch of its Starlink commercial satellites from Vandenberg on Groundhog Day. Here's how to watch ...

The proliferated architecture satellites are built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. All of them have reached orbit aboard Falcon 9 rockets launching from Vandenberg. The first such mission, NROL-146, ...

A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their ability to dodge each other, highlighting how crowded Earth’s orbit is becoming. In the past seven years, the number of satellites ...

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SpaceX filed with the FCC seeking up to 1 million satellites for orbital data centers. Here’s what it means, the risks, and what comes ...