There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...

However, the surface of Earth is not entirely smooth, and even a perfectly circular orbit can vary in altitude. An object is said to be in low Earth orbit if it completes a revolution every 128 ...

Spacesail recently partnered with Malaysia's Measat and Brazilian state telecom Telebras. The Chinese internet service ...

Morgan Lewis’ Jared Wilkerson and Collin Hopkins examine why companies need to understand the legal risks of developing ...

In short, the rocket launches far away, in California. but it goes so high that we can see it in Arizona. And when we see it, it's not in the shadow of nightfall, even though Arizona is. The "glow" is ...

If low-Earth orbit satellites are problematic ... disappointed that OneWeb decided to keep their satellites at a higher altitude, whereas SpaceX have been more willing to keep their satellites ...

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...

Not quite high-altitude planes and not quite low-orbiting ... lower orbit that would skim the top of Earth's atmosphere. Known as Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), spacecraft at these altitudes have ...