An illustration of satellites breaking up in Earth orbit. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 30 January 2026 Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit. A
Image credit: SpaceX via Flickr By Jowi Morales, Published by Tom's Hardware, 28 January 2025 The 70km (43mi) altitude reduction will reduce the risk of collisions for Starlink satellites. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Software reported that Starlink has reduced its altitude for a big chunk
An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) Published by Futura, 26 January 2026 SpaceX is one of the earliest and most dominant players in low Earth orbit, a massive presence that also comes with growing risks. The end of the year has been particularly
The Cygnus re-supply vehicle, which delivers cargo to the International Space Station, burning up in the atmosphere during its reentry. (Image credit: ESA/Alexander Gerst) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 24 January 2026 "Starlink satellites demise over the Pacific, but there is no way to actually check that out." At
A long-exposure photograph in the northern hemisphere showing satellites in the night skyAlan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Published by New Scientist, 23 January 2026 The company’s mega-constellation is having to perform a huge number of manoeuvres to prevent a collision in Earth orbit A report
Photo by NASA on Unsplash By Daniel Frostwick, Published by Blackburndrone, 23 January 2026 On the screens inside ESA’s control room, the orbits look clean and calm. Thin blue lines wrapping around Earth, a silent ballet of hardware and code. Then a technician zooms in on a weather satellite’s trajectory
Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 By Richard Jacklin and James Snape, Published by Space News, 16 January 2026 Space is rapidly becoming the world’s most congested frontier. What was once a domain of scientific exploration is now a crowded commercial arena, a global infrastructure
By Sandra V, Published by Union Rayo, 15 January 2026 The U.S. has sent a safety alert to airlines due to an issue that is getting worse: space junk. This junk comes from rockets that explode or fail during their launches. The alert was published by the Federal Aviation Administration
