Italian space logistics company D-Orbit announced a 119.6 million euro ($131 million) contract with the European Space Agency for a spacecraft servicing vehicle. Under the ...
A geostationary orbit, or Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), is a circular orbit 35,786 kilometres above the Earth's equator and following the direction of the Earth's rotation. An object in such an ...
The number of aircraft with in-flight connectivity is projected to surpass 60,800 by 2033, with NGSO and multi-orbit ...
The US Space Force (USSF) intends to contract manoeuvrable satellites in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) from commercial companies, Colonel Rich Kniseley, senior materiel leader of the service's ...
While many commercial companies have focused development efforts on satellites in low Earth orbit, Kniseley said he’s met with several firms who are building solutions for GEO. The Space Force ...
So is geosynchronous orbit (GEO), which is more than 22,000 miles above Earth. There are far fewer satellites in this orbit but they are critical for communications, weather and missile defense ...
Geo-IK-2 No.11L, known after launch as Kosmos 2470, was carried to orbit aboard a Rokot vehicle with a Briz-KM upper stage – the same type rocket that performed Friday’s mission. During the ...
It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...
But observations show that stars orbit at more or less the same speed regardless of where they are in the galactic disk. This puzzling result makes sense if one assumes that the boundary stars are ...
From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...
Using the Intelsat service based on a network of GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) satellites, Vodafone is providing two types of secure, reliable, and easy-to-use satellite connectivity products – ...