Starlink is the name of a satellite network developed by the private spaceflight company SpaceX to provide low-cost internet to remote locations. A Starlink satellite has a lifespan of approximately ...

What happens here matters everywhere. by Alan Boyle on Jun 23, 2025 at 4:10 am June 23, 2025 at 5:21 pm An Atlas V rocket sends Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into space. (United Launch Alliance ...

Chinese scientists have set a new record in satellite communication by successfully sending data from a satellite in geostationary orbit using a low-powered laser. The July 2025 test transmitted data ...

Space startup Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round, reaching unicorn status as it supports companies and ...

In addition to NAOS, which was built for Luxembourg by the company OHB Italia, the Falcon 9 is carrying small satellites for ...

Preface ; Acknowledgement ; Table of contents ; List of contributors ; Introduction -- Chapter 1. Air Force space reconnaissance before 1960. Early Air Force support ; 1953 : weapon system 117L ...

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Aug. 30), sending 24 of them up from California's ...

Amazon will launch another batch of Kuiper internet satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch, designated KF-02, is scheduled for no earlier than 10:01 a.m. EDT on August 7 from Cape ...

Amazon inched closer to being a player in the satellite internet market on Monday with the help of Centennial-based United Launch Alliance. $5.3B Space Force contract won by Centennial rocket giant ...

Low-Earth orbit has become a battleground for companies and militaries. Apex Technology wants to provide standardized satellites for all of them. AtApex Technology’s new, brightly lit factory in Los ...

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A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...