The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate, ...

The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate ...

Lightning strikes in the atmosphere can trigger a rain of high-powered “killer electrons” in low-Earth orbit that form ...

Space experts have cautioned against the exponential rise in satellite launches in the low earth orbit (LEO) and resultant ...

The surge in satellites and space debris is turning low Earth orbit into a hazardous zone. Without global cooperation, vital ...

Low Earth orbit is the region most congested with human-made objects as it offers a balance between cost and proximity, ...

The mounting congestion in low Earth orbit from thousands of satellites and millions of debris pieces creates significant ...

What's harder than flying a single satellite in Earth orbit? Flying two—right beside each other, at proximities that would ...

In late October, a United Nations panel on space traffic coordination emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive shared ...

Most civilian satellites are very sensitive to high-energy radiation and an atomic explosion in low Earth orbit would ...

ESA has launched three other Proba missions thus far, with one currently observing the Sun. Proba-2 launched in 2009, and was ...