Learn how geosynchronous orbits work and how to calculate the required orbital altitude. This video walks through the physics and equations that link orbital period, gravitational force, and ...

Low-Earth orbit is more crowded—and fragile—than it looks. Satellites constantly weave past each other, burning fuel and ...

How high must a satellite orbit to stay perfectly synchronized with Earth’s rotation? 🌍 This video determines the exact orbital altitude required for a geosynchronous orbit, clearly explaining the ...

Michael Nicholls, vice president of Starlink engineering, posted the news on social platform X, announcing the company’s plan to change the orbit of the satellites in order to reduce the chances of ...

U. S. Space Force guardians conduct training and maintenance with the Counter Communications System (CCS) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, July 2, 2025. (Amber Mullins/U.S. Space Force). As the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The launch forecast looked good as SpaceX sent up an Australian communications company’s satellite on Sunday evening. The two-hour launch window for the TD7 Optus mission ...

As it is getting ready to send people to the Moon once more and targets a human expedition to Mars, American space agency NASA is completely rethinking the way it does things. That includes, among ...

Jan 1 (Reuters) - Starlink will begin a reconfiguration of its satellite constellation by lowering all of its satellites orbiting at around 550 km (342 miles) to 480 km over the course of 2026, ...

At the start of the year, Earth will quietly reach a milestone in its orbit around the sun. Known as perihelion, this is the moment when our planet is closer to the sun than at any other point in the ...

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...

An image of Starlink-35956, a satellite that suffered an in-orbit anomaly Dec. 17, confirming the spacecraft was largely intact despite generating hundreds of pieces of debris. Credit: Vantor ...

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit. Credit...Soña Lee Supported by By Eli Tan and Ryan Mac ...