By Simon Sharwood, Published by The Register, 11 March 2025 The thermosphere usually drags space junk to its doom. As it thins, ruined orbits are a possibility Earth's atmosphere is shrinking due to climate change and one of the possible negative impacts is that space junk will stay in orbit
Chinese Space Station Tiangong orbits the Earth. Photo: Getty Images By Alan Bradley, Published by Live Science, 11 March 2025 New laser-based imaging technology is reportedly capable of capturing millimeter resolution from over 60 miles away. Scientists in China have created a satellite with laser-imaging technology powerful enough to capture human facial
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying an experimental satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on December 30, 2021 in Xichang, China. Liu Guoxing / VCG via Getty Images By Sujita Sinha, Published by Interesting Engineering, 10 March 2025 US Space Force officials worry China’s space stealth
Image: Getty Images By Ryan Erik King, Published by Jalopnik, 10 March 2025 With Tesla's stock price floundering, Elon Musk is seemingly doing everything he can to make the federal government bolster his net worth in the most efficient way possible. SpaceX sent a request to the Federal Communications Commission
By Richard Speed, Published by The Register, 7 March 2025 Increasingly shaky relationship with the States has Europe considering options Talks are underway between European leaders and Eutelsat about a possible replacement for Starlink in Ukraine. Elon Musk's Starlink has proven invaluable during the conflict following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
From UK Strategic Command, Published by Gov.uk, 7 March 2025 The SKYNET 6 programme is working closely with industry to exploit technological advancements to deliver the next generation of military communication satellites. SKYNET is the UK Ministry of Defence’s satellite communication (SATCOM) capability. It supports operations to deliver information to
By Tom Dunlop, Published by UK Defence Journal, 7 March 2025 A new UK-made space monitoring system will help protect military satellites and strengthen space domain awareness, following a £65 million contract awarded to CGI UK, according to a press release from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The system, named
The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission Seven successfully landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 7, 2025. (Veloz Alexander/U.S. Space Force) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 March 2025 WASHINGTON — The secretive X-37B military spaceplane touched down at Vandenberg Space Force Base in
