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Spacecraft that orbit around Earth do so in two types of orbits: circular and elliptical. In a circular orbit, the spacecraft is always at the same distance from the center of the Earth.

The field is getting “massively” busier, says Mike Curtis-Rouse, head of in-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing at the UK-based research organization Satellite Applications Catapult.

The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report that more than 6,600 tons of space junk are currently floating about in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), between 100 - 1,200 ...

Fermenting miso in orbit reveals how space can affect a food’s taste On the ISS, the Japanese condiment developed nuttier notes than earthbound versions ...

The United States Space Force just offered a rare glimpse of its shadowy X-37B space plane in orbit. The photo, released on Thursday (Feb. 20), was taken by a camera onboard the X-37B while the ...

The photo, taken during the X-37B's seventh mission, shows Earth from High-Elliptical Orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs uploaded on the DVIDS website, what is ...

Earth as seen in the first on-orbit photo released by the X-37B (left); the space plane prepares for its seventh mission, which launched on Dec. 28, 2023. (Image credit: US Space Force) ...

Spacecraft in low Earth orbit, such as the Hubble Space Telescope (pictured here) and the ISS, orbit in the thermosphere, while falling objects burn up in the mesosphere. (Image credit: NASA) ...

The ophthalmic nerve lies below the oculomotor and trochlear nerves and divides into the frontal, lacrimal, and nasociliary nerves. These nerves then enter the orbital cavity (eye socket) through the ...

D-Orbit, a space logistics company, announced plans to enter the geostationary satellite servicing market in October. The Italian company’s first mission is slated for 2027-2028.

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup founded earlier this year, raised $11 million to fuel plans to put data centers in space that power technology and AI services back down on Earth.