U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) explored the importance of maneuvering satellites, especially those in geosynchronous orbit, in an Apollo Griffin wargame ...

It's been decades since humanity first sent a satellite into orbit, and during all this time we kind of become experts at it. What we still haven't mastered yet is extending the life of these ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Here are best places to watch liftoff and ...

In a breakthrough that could redefine the strategic race for the Moon, China has successfully executed a satellite-to-satellite refueling operation in geosynchronous orbit, according to reporting from ...

A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day).

Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 ...

Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 ...

Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has secured a new contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to support orbital missions using its Elytra Dawn spacecraft. The contract is part of the Sinequone Project ...

SpaceX scored its 500th landing of a Falcon 9 first stage booster on an otherwise routine flight earlier this month, sending 28 Starlink communications satellites into orbit. Barring any unforeseen ...