The rapid expansion of satellite constellations and the increasing accumulation of space debris pose significant threats to ...

No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a ...

The Orbits Act, a promising piece of U.S. legislation aimed at addressing space debris, has stalled in Congress. Zanalda ...

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded, and scientists are warning that space may soon become too risky to manage safely. A new ...

Starlink satellites orbit approximately 342 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth and put on a spectacular show for observers as ...

Under a contract with the Space Force’s Joint Commercial Operations (JCO) cell, located in Colorado, Vantor is delivering tracking data and imaging of satellites and other orbital objects that pass ...

NASA's new research reframes orbital debris as a financial risk, quantifying the economic impact of collisions and mission ...

The system may one day be used to push debris off a collision course with satellites. At a double observatory atop Mount Teide on the Spanish island of Tenerife, a powerful laser is being deployed to ...

Thousands of dead satellites and rocket fragments now orbit Earth at high speeds threatening the very technology we rely on ...

The ‘one in a trillion’ incident, which left pilot with cuts on his arm, would be the first collision of its kind ...