"We are now, with our allies, conducting advanced orbital operations to protect and defend our shared national and military ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The number of spacecraft orbiting Earth is rising fast thanks to the emergence of private ...

Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites Chinese spacecraft have imaged orbiting U.S.

NASA and India paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite on Wednesday capable of tracking even the slightest shifts in land and ice.Watch video of the launch in the player above.The $1.3 billion ...

"Everything we have ever designed to go into space has been one mission, one life. It's sort of crazy." The world at large is working to stop the fast-progressing degradation of Earth's environment.

One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was ...

India's satellite numbers remain ahead of Pakistan but far behind China. Data from N2Yo.com shows Pakistan operates just 8 ...

In the last five years, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has more than doubled and will likely double again within a similar timespan, thanks to the efforts of private companies such as SpaceX.