A composite image showing rows of Starlink satellites awaiting deployment into low Earth orbit in front of a picture of Earth taken from the International Space Station. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By MIke Wall, Published by Space.com, 2 January 2026 "Lowering the satellites results in condensing Starlink orbits, and
Artist’s concept shows a large satellite constellation in low Earth orbit. Image via IAU/ Daniëlle Futselaar. By Vishwam Samkaran, Published by The Independent, 2 January 2026 Beijing has warned the United Nations that the rapid expansion of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit pose “pronounced safety and security”
Starlink satellites awaiting deployment into low Earth orbit (Image credit: SpaceX) By Neetika Walter, Published by Interesting Engineering, 1 January 2026 Starlink will lower satellites orbiting 550 km to 480 km in 2026, aiming to increase space safety. Starlink will begin lowering the orbit of its satellite constellation in 2026,
Starship debris is seen streaking through the sky after the January 16 explosion. Captured from video by Brian Henry By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 29 December 2025 2025 was a very busy year for spaceflight, for better and for worse. We saw quite a few milestones notched in the
An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 23 December 2025 Vantor's WorldView-3 satellite snapped the stunning photo on Dec. 18. We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit, thanks to Vantor's WorldView-3
By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 22 December 2025 As number of lunar satellites soars, sites will be marked out where defunct hardware can be crash-landed Patches of the moon are destined to become spacecraft graveyards where dead lunar satellites and other defunct hardware can be crashed into the
The U.S. and China continue to compete in space. (Image credit: Dragon Claws/iStock/Getty Images) By Evelyn Hart, Published by Indian Defence Reveiw, 19 December 2025 A Chinese satellite just outperformed Starlink—using a laser no stronger than a nightlight. Fired from 36,000 km above Earth, this silent tech breakthrough is shaking
Illustration Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Published by New Scientist, 16 December 2025 Satellites in orbit would begin to collide in a matter of days if they lost manoeuvrability during a solar storm or other outage A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their
