What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? That’s the key question for the European Space Agency’s Draco mission, planned for 2027.
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“We are on Day 1. A lot more needs to be done.”
The satellites in Amazon’s new internet-beaming megaconstellation in low Earth orbit are bright enough to disrupt astronomical research, a study has found.
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Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous objects in near real time.
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Thousands of satellites are tightly packed into low Earth orbit, and the overcrowding is only growing. Scientists have created a simple warning system called the CRASH Clock that answers a basic question: if satellites suddenly couldn’t steer around e…
Blue Origin just announced “TeraWave,” a planned satellite megaconstellation designed for customers who need super-high-throughput communication services.
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Space debris falling to Earth is a growing threat to aircraft, and experts are trying to reduce the risk.
But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO…the region’s getting a bit crowded.
SpaceX will soon lower the orbits of about 4,400 Starlink satellites, to decrease the threat they pose to other spacecraft and reduce space traffic overall.
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The test is designed to prepare satellites for one of the most complex tasks in space: safely approaching another object.
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