Satellites are perhaps the most wondrous piece of technology mankind has invented. The idea of creating an artificial device and launching it into space to orbit our planet is simply amazing. It is ...

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The CRASH Clock is a new predictor of how much time there will be before a collision if a solar storm knocks out power and ...

On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to one million satellites to power data centres in space. The proposal ...

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SpaceX has asked the FCC to approve a constellation of space-based data centers for AI training, a move that could overwhelm orbit and redefine what ‘infrastructure’ means in space. Low Earth orbit is ...

The American patrol satellite had the targets in its sights: two recently launched Chinese spacecraft flying through one of the most sensitive neighborhoods in space. Like any good tactical fighter, ...

SpaceX wants to shoot up to one million satellites into space for AI. That’s a staggering number, considering there are fewer than 20,000 satellites in Earth’s orbit right now. The Elon Musk-helmed ...

SpaceX has lost contact with one of its broadband satellites, which is now falling toward Earth due to an unspecified and seemingly mysterious anomaly. The company revealed that a Starlink satellite ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2 ...

Michael Nicholls, vice president of Starlink engineering, posted the news on social platform X, announcing the company’s plan to change the orbit of the satellites in order to reduce the chances of ...