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, ...

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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 ...

The European Vega C rocket blasted off into space on Monday, successfully putting a South Korean Kompsat-7 satellite into the Earth's orbit. After two delays, Vega C achieved lift-off from the Guiana ...

The Falcon 1 made history on September 28, 2008 by becoming the "first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth orbit," according to SpaceX. Hear from the team that made it happen. Credit ...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) has firmly established itself as the second-most successful space company after SpaceX. With 79 successful Electron rocket launches, a vertically integrated approach to spacecraft ...

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 ...

Read full article: WATCH AGAIN: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center FILE - In this time-exposure photograph, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the 25th batch of approximately 60 ...

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A Long March 5 lifts off from Wenchang spaceport, Oct. 23, carrying the TJS-20 satellite into orbit. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China is aiming for a first launch of a reusable, cargo-optimized ...

The Falcon 9 rocket will launch an Earth-observing satellite for the Italian Space Agency from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch was postponed twice to allow more time for ground system ...