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Did you experience wonky broadband service recently? A broken satellite in space might have something to do with it!
An unknown event in geostationary orbit on October 19, 2024, has led to the fragmentation of the In…
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Do we really need so many satellites?
Space, despite its vastness, is becoming a bit cramped — at least in the low-orbit band where these…
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Before and after satellite photos show Hurricane Helene's destruction of the Florida coast
Before and after satellite images show Hurricane Helene's destruction across Florida's coastline wh…
Jenny McGrath
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The doomed US moon lander is on a collision course with Earth and will be destroyed to protect other satellites
Astrobotic's lander set off last week with hope of becoming the first US spacecraft to make it to t…
Marianne Guenot
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A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.
A dead Russian spacecraft almost crashed into a NASA satellite. The collision would have sent debri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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A Russian 'inspector' satellite appears to be chasing a secret US military satellite in a game of cat and mouse
Russia seems to be tinkering with a new type of spy satellite: "inspectors" that stalk other satell…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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ESA satellite Sentinel-1A dodges a 'high-risk collision' from Russian space debris
"On Monday, for the first time, we performed a set of manoeuvres to avoid a high-risk collision wit…
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Russia moved one of its satellites uncomfortably close to a French one, possibly to spy on it: report
Russia moved one of its satellites uncomfortably close to France's Eutelsat 3B satellite, possibly …
Marianne Guenot
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NASA flags concerns about overcrowding, collisions as Elon Musk plans to send another 30,000 SpaceX satellites into orbit
NASA questioned SpaceX's claim that there's "zero risk" of a Starlink satellite colliding with larg…
Huileng Tan
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SpaceX responds to NASA's concerns over Starlink collisions in outer space: 'The reliability of the satellite network is currently higher than 99%'
SpaceX plans to create a megaconstellation of over 42,000 Starlink satellites and released 46 more …
Grace Kay
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Everything we know about Elon Musk's Starlink satellites and future internet plans
After Elon Musk's first batch of Starlink satellites launched via SpaceX into Earth's lower orbit, …
Grace Kay
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A dead Soviet satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket body just avoided colliding in space and exploding into dangerous debris
In a collision, the satellites would have exploded into a cloud of dangerous, high-speed debris — a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mistakes by the US's top spies allowed China to turn a deadly mid-air collision into an intelligence coup
In April 2001, a US spy plane and a Chinese jet collided over the South China Sea. Author James Bam…
James Bamford
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Two satellites might be headed for a collision — and there's no way to stop them
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the Gravity Gradient Stabilisation Experiment (GG…
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Elon Musk's SpaceX is close to winning FCC approval to fly more than 4,000 Starlink satellites in a lower orbit. But rivals say it could increase collision risks.
Elon Musk's company SpaceX is seeking regulatory permission to fly over 4,000 satellites at the sam…
Kate Duffy
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Photos show European satellite tumbling to its fiery doom after a first-of-a-kind maneuver that prevented a lot of space trash and falling debris on Earth
The European Space Agency was able to shorten the amount of time the satellite took to fall to Eart…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Maiya Foc…
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NASA is intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday. Here's how to watch the collision live.
NASA's DART mission will crash into Dimorphos, a small asteroid 6.8 million miles away, to test our…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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SpaceX is dominating orbit with its Starlink satellites, making the risk of space traffic collision a serious hazard, industry experts say
Elon Musk's company is heightening the risk of collisions between space objects by putting more sat…
Kate Duffy
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FAA proposes $175,000 fine against Elon Musk's SpaceX for failure to submit 'launch collision avoidance data' prior to mission last year
The Federal Aviation Administration said SpaceX is required to submit data at least seven days befo…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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A secret Russian satellite has broken apart in orbit, creating a cloud of debris that could last a century
Russia kept the Kosmos 2499 satellite's mission a secret, even after its bizarre maneuvers drew att…