As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

A fireball, or a bright meteorite, was seen across the southeastern United States on Thursday and later exploded over Georgia ...

Welcome back on the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the QF-16, a standard F-16 Fighting Falcon modified into ...

In 2020, the European Space Agency signed a contract with Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to "purchase a unique service: the ...

Satellites that retire are deorbited into a graveyard orbit within 25 years of their missions ending. This is the case with ...

Three major on-orbit fragmentation events occurred in 2024. Notably, the breakup of a Chinese Long March CZ-6A rocket stage alone added about 650 catalogued debris objects to orbital clutter.

The financial performance of the sector has also been strained. Losses from satellite insurance exceeded premiums in several recent years, with 2023 alone reportedly seeing around $500 million in ...

Explore the challenges and opportunities presented by space debris for the satellite communication industry, highlighting international initiatives, the impact of emissions, and India's role in ...

Concerned about the growing amount of space debris, two Virginia students are launching a new way to try and monitor it.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, though not an Earth threat, now poses a collision risk to the Moon. Scientists estimate a 4.3% chance of ...

The first wave of Starlink satellites are now reaching the end of their five-year lifespan and burning up in droves.

Spacecraft from NASA and India's space agency have snapped orbital photos of the Japanese lunar lander Resilience after its ...