Satellites
Satellite Image of the “Polar Vortex” Over the US
If you live in the north and eastern part of the US, you’re probably experiencing some frigid weather. You’re probably…
Oh, the Places We’ve Been: 21 Spacecraft Trajectories Plotted in One Picture
Want to know the orbital paths where different spacecraft have traveled and where they are now? A great new infographic…
A Self-Healing Satellite? Students Seek Your Funds To Launch Prototype
Imagine if your spacecraft was punctured and it could do the repair itself, without the need of you going outside…
Maiden Next Gen SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral set for Nov. 25
Falcon 9 during processing at Cape Canaveral Pad 40 ahead of launch scheduled for Nov. 25, 2013. Credit: SpaceX See…
This Hitchhiking Satellite — Launching Today — Is Small Enough To Fit In Your Hand
Talk about tiny technology. The NASA PhoneSat 2.4, which is set to launch today (Nov. 19), is so small that…
‘Force Field’ Could Protect New Weather Satellite, Future Human Missions
OTTAWA, CANADA -- A new Canadian satellite -- should it launch -- might carry a sort of magnetized force field…
GOCE Satellite Plunges Back to Earth Without Incident
ESA’s GOCE satellite has reentered Earth’s atmosphere, with most of the spacecraft disintegrating high in the atmosphere. There have been…
GOCE Spacecraft Will Likely Make Uncontrolled Re-entry This Weekend
The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has been orbiting Earth in super-low orbits since 2009, mapping…
How Many Satellites are in Space?
The space age began on October 4, 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. This tiny…
A Tale of a Lost Moon: Hubble Spies Neptune’s Moons and Its Rings
"That's no moon..." -B. Kenobi But in this case, it is... a lost moon of Neptune not seen since its…