In a new study, published in the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Warwick researchers led an international effort to ...
Satellites cannot be left floating in space and must be disposed of. Here's how engineers handle it.
Aldoria, a French startup that tracks satellites in orbit using a network of ground-based telescopes, alerted satellite operators in May 2024 that it had detected "a sudden close approach" by the ...
On July 7, 2024, NOAA's GOES-U executed its final engine burn, placing the satellite in geostationary orbit 22,236 miles above Earth's equator. Upon reaching this milestone, GOES-U was renamed GOES-19 ...
Illustration of the Air Force Research Laboratory's NTS-3 satellite. Credit: L3Harris WASHINGTON — An experimental U.S. military satellite designed to test new space-based navigation technologies has ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Constellations in non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) are set to overtake geostationary satellites in revenue by 2028, according to Novaspace research published Sept. 15. The geostationary ...
For decades, Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) operators were in the communications catbird's seat 22,000 miles above the Earth, but the arrival of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) networks, like Elon Musk's ...
Facing competition from Starlink and other emerging satellite broadband networks, the two companies that own most of the traditional commercial communications spacecraft in geostationary orbit ...
4iG Space and Defence Technologies and France-based Eutelsat have signed a Geostationary Orbit and Frequency Licence Agreement securing the orbital position and associated frequency rights for HUGEO, ...