A new initial orbit determination (IOD) method using single-site very short arc radar observations is proposed. The method uses slant range, azimuth, and elevation angles to determine the position ...

Aliens: Dead Orbit is a four-issue comic book series that was written, illustrated, colored, and lettered by James Stokoe and edited by Daniel Chabon and ...

Project Kuiper will deliver high-speed, low-latency internet to virtually any location on the planet, and we expect to begin delivering service to customers later this year. Our first-generation ...

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites enable complex Earth observation tasks (e.g., remote sensing and cooperative monitoring) by leveraging large-scale satellite-generated Earth imageries and state-of-the ...

Replacing Fire with Force SpinLaunch skips the traditional use of rocket fuel. Instead, it relies on a rotating arm, spinning inside a vacuum chamber, to fling satellites into low Earth orbit.

A beloved dog named Franz will take his final leap this weekend — into Earth’s orbit. The yellow labrador’s ashes will be on board the inaugural Perseverance Flight from Texas-based Celestis ...

Space may feel weightless, but its effect on oral health can be heavy. A new animal study shows that near-weightlessness speeds up gum disease – the kind that eats away at bone and can eventually ...

If you are fighting to be on an NHL roster you likely don't care what the taxes are. I think this issue becomes relevant when you start talking about the top players in the league. Those are the ...

The biggest difference, Zhukov adds, "is that we can create our eclipse once every 19.6-hour orbit, while total solar eclipses only occur naturally around once, very rarely twice a year.

China’s in-orbit refueling demonstration The two satellites, Shijian-21 and Shijian-25, performed several maneuvers over the past few days. On Monday, June 9, they came within just two degrees ...

Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit for the Japanese company iQPS on Wednesday morning (June 11). An Electron rocket topped with the QPS-SAR-11 spacecraft lifted off ...

An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers claim in a new study.