The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate, ...

The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate ...

Lightning strikes in the atmosphere can trigger a rain of high-powered “killer electrons” in low-Earth orbit that form ...

The surge in satellites and space debris is turning low Earth orbit into a hazardous zone. Without global cooperation, vital ...

Low Earth orbit is the region most congested with human-made objects as it offers a balance between cost and proximity, ...

Most civilian satellites are very sensitive to high-energy radiation and an atomic explosion in low Earth orbit would ...

In late October, a United Nations panel on space traffic coordination emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive shared ...

What's harder than flying a single satellite in Earth orbit? Flying two—right beside each other, at proximities that would normally trigger collision avoidance maneuvers.

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, August 20 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The mounting congestion in low Earth orbit from thousands of satellites and millions of debris pieces creates significant ...

A traffic jam in Earth's orbit has been observed due to increasing congestion by the satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), ...