That pace shows no sign of slowing down. 2025 is expected to see a record-breaking number of launches, as a new international ...

There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

Vanguard-1 is the second U.S. satellite launched to space. Conceived by the Naval Research Laboratory in 1955, it was ...

The new spacecraft speedometer can track satellite speeds, addressing the challenges of growing space traffic.

A Russian military satellite, Cosmos 2553, believed by US officials to be linked to Moscow's nuclear anti-satellite weapons ...

In the intense early days of the space race, a small, unusual satellite was launched into space sixty-seven years ago.

04/03/2025 April 3, 2025 Satellites play a crucial role in modern life. Since the beginning of the space age, more than 20,000 have been put into orbit. But the remains of dead satellites are ...

Hit play on the player below to hear ... Basically, if it weren't for that atmosphere, any debris, any satellite that we abandon in space would stay there forever. We rely on that atmosphere ...

With all this, we can develop autonomous de-orbiting systems, a unique feature of our technology that ensures that the satellite does not leave space debris, even if it ceases to be operational ...

a unique feature of our technology that ensures that the satellite does not leave space debris, even if it ceases to be operational," explains Manuel Muñoz Tejeda. The system is based on ...