SpaceX has applied for approval to operate a 100,000-member megaconstellation of next-gen Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. And each of the new spacecraft will weigh about 4,400 pounds.
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by adversary nations, a new study suggests.
The American Earth-observation company Vantor is now mapping Earth from space in 3D, and the images are stunning.
The U.S. Space Force has acquired one of its first publicly acknowledged offensive weapons, one that can blast adversary satellites with electromagnetic radiation.
“The lowest-cost place to put AI will be in space, and that will be true within two years, maybe three at the latest,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum in Davos this past January, as his company was preparing to go public.Later t…
Europe’s Sentinel-3 satellite captured data that helps visualize June’s deadly heat wave, allowing researchers to further understand the extent of soaring temperatures.
For the first time, an experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space.
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As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a widely anticipated IPO on Friday (June 12) expected to make him a trillionaire.
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The U.S Space Force has awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to help the military track airborne targets using satellites.