Barely launched, the Spanish military satellite SpainSat NG-2 was hit during its transit to geostationary orbit. This ...

ESA’s Zero Debris Vision sets six priority goals: preventing debris release, ensuring clearance at end-of-life, preventing ...

This follows the failure of another satellite from the same series that may have been due to a meteoroid impact. Reading time 2 minutes A communications satellite broke apart into smaller fragments in ...

One of the most crucial elements of a forecast is sky conditions. Whether it's sunny, partly cloudy, or storming. Typically, we use radar to detect rain, but when it is not raining, how do we observe ...

One of the first things that an amateur radio operator is likely to do once receiving their license is grab a dual-band handheld and try to make contacts with a local repeater. After the initial ...

With the future Geostationary Extended Orbits constellation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to improve upon current visible and infrared imagery, and lightning mapping ...

Often misunderstood as "hovering," satellites are actually in constant free-fall, perpetually missing Earth's surface as the ...

SES has signed an agreement for a geostationary (GEO) satellite life extension mission with Infinite Orbits. The companies said the deal marks Europe’s first commercial satellite life extension ...

ABB has been awarded a contract by L3Harris Technologies, a leading U.S. defense company, to develop and build a high-resolution infrared interferometry system to power L3Harris' next-generation ...