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China’s bullet-shape satellite test paves the way for very low orbit surveillance network
Chutian project aims to establish 300-satellite network offering continuous global coverage with a range of imaging types ...
New Scientist on MSN7d
Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where
Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...
USA Today11d
Here's when the Soviet-era spacecraft Cosmos 482 may return to Earth
Since the engines failed to reach a necessary velocity to enter Venus' orbit, Cosmos 482 was abandoned in low-Earth orbit ...
WUNC4d
A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit
Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...
Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in
Thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit could create a doom loop of dangerous debris and Julia Musto details the problem ...
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A privately developed Australian rocket is ready for a historic launch
The Eris rocket is capable of delivering about 670 pounds (305 kilograms) of mass into low-Earth orbit, a payload capacity roughly equivalent to Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle, which flies ...
Soviet spacecraft Cosmos 482 expected to crash back to Earth after 'final death plunge'
A Soviet spacecraft is set to return from Earth's orbit after a failed mission to Venus over 50 years ago. See when it could ...
A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth, and an astronomer will attempt to catch it on camera on May 9
The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as ...
SpaceNews5d
How smaller satellites are reshaping the geostationary orbit market
For decades, geostationary orbit (GEO) was the undisputed home of satellite communications. From television broadcasts to ...
The Manila Times2d
Arabsat selects Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services for its multi-orbit connectivity portfolio
Building on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2024, this agreement establishes the negotiated framework for ...
Tech Xplore on MSN16h
Establishing electromagnetic wave measurement standards to ensure the performance of Korea's Starlink
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has established standards that can reliably verify the performance of ...