Chinese researchers have demonstrated high-speed optical communications using surprisingly low laser power from orbit. 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 ...

Russia weather satellite fleet is now fully operational: Roscosmos activated Elektro-L No.5 on Aug. 6, 2026, completing a ...

Robot heads to space to fix satellites and tackle space junk - First-of-its-kind mission will see space robot ‘relocate, inspect, repair and upgrade spacecraft while in orbit’ ...

Design concept for Orbit Fab’s Tanker-002, mounted on a Spaceflight Sherpa-ES in transit to geostationary orbit. “Geostationary orbit is where most of our customers, especially the Department of ...

Already the leading supplier of refueling ports for satellites, Orbit Fab announced that it will soon be launching the first propellant tanker to geostationary orbit. The company’s second tanker will ...

A spacecraft’s operations last only as long as its fuel onboard. When it runs out of fuel, it’s left to drift in space, most often in Earth orbit, further adding to the countless other spacecraft ...