Very low Earth orbit satellites are moving from engineering curiosity to strategic priority, promising sharper images, faster ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble ...

“Lowering the satellites results in condensing Starlink orbits, and will increase space safety in several ways,” Nicolls ...

The BlueBird 6 from Texas-based AST SpaceMobile comes in at a full 2,400 square feet, or about the size of a three-bedroom ...

Michael Nicolls, SpaceX's vice president of Starlink engineering, said on Thursday that all SpaceX satellites operating at around 550 kilometers (342 miles) will be reconfigured to ...

In a significant move aimed at safer operations in low Earth orbit, SpaceX's Starlink will gradually lower its satellites ...

An Indian rocket launched the record-breaking BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite to orbit on Tuesday night (Dec. 23). BlueBird 6 ...

Starlink’s Michael Nicolls declares ‘significant reconfiguration’ to be coordinated with regulators, other operators and US ...

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The incident, described by observers as "likely caused by an internal energetic source" rather than a collision, resulted in a loss of communication. According to Starlink, the result was a venting of ...