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The five IoT nanosatellites were deployed into a 400-mile-high (643 kilometers) orbit about 66 minutes after liftoff as ...
In microgravity, astronauts must measure their mass, not their weight, which they can do with two devices on the ISS.
While SpaceX has revolutionized space launches, vastly decreasing their cost and increasing their reliability, the company ...
SpaceX's Starlink 12-1 liftoff carried 23 internet satellites — including a dozen with the direct-to-cell capabilities — up ...
Starship is tasked with carrying two astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis 3 ...
There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...
Qianfan is one of two Chinese megaconstellations aimed at challenging Starlink’s dominance. The other, Guowang, also known as ...
Earlier this year, the number of moons orbiting Earth temporarily doubled, admittedly from the low starting point of "one".
The BlueWalker 3 satellite was fully deployed, making it the "largest-ever commercial communications array in low Earth orbit ...