After the satellite was deployed from the ISS on 9 December 2024, though, scientists in Kyoto weren’t able to communicate with it. Orbital data from the U.S. Department of Defense show the ...

The world's first wooden satellite blasts off. Posted: 6 November 2024 | Last updated: 17 May 2025. The world’s first wooden satellite launched on a SpaceX rocket for a six-month test in space.

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads. Airplane passengers crossing the Indian Ocean who peered out their windows on Oct. 19 ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Saturday (June 28) conducted its 50th and final launch of the H-2A rocket, taking the GOSAT-GW dual-purpose satellite to space.The mission lifted off from ...

New space law dials up oversight amid warnings it’s “starting to look like a jungle up there.” BRUSSELS — The European Union is trying to stop space from turning into a junkyard.

WASHINGTON — The heads of leading U.S. satellite imaging firms are urging Congress to reject proposed budget cuts to commercial remote sensing programs, warning the reductions could undermine ...

State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd has won a bid to commercially make India's small satellite launch rockets, in the government's biggest move yet to open its fast-growing space industry to ...