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About 15,000 satellites are circling Earth — and they’re disrupting the sky
There are about 15,000 artificial satellites currently circling Earth, with most residing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The ...
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Very low Earth orbit satellites are the next big space frontier
Very low Earth orbit satellites are moving from engineering curiosity to strategic priority, promising sharper images, faster ...
The fate of Spain's newest communications satellite is up in the air. SpainSat NG-2 was the second military communications satellite launched for Spain last year. It was on its way to an operational ...
Scientists are using the cutting-edge satellite technology from the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NASIR) to rethink how ...
More than a decade of satellite monitoring has mapped Earth’s magnetic field as it subtly altered between 2014 and 2025 — and what scientists have learned is remarkable. The South Atlantic Anomaly, a ...
Earth’s orbit is getting overcrowded, increasing the risk of satellite collisions that could disrupt vital services, create dangerous debris clouds, and—in some cases—send chunks of wreckage careening ...
Just two months after its launch, the European Space Agency (ESA) Biomass satellite is already showing us Earth in a whole new light. On June 23 the ESA released the mission’s first images, which ...
The astronomical community faces a significant and escalating challenge due to the dramatic increase in satellite launches, transitioning from minimal interference by early constellations like Iridium ...
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