Very low Earth orbit satellites are moving from engineering curiosity to strategic priority, promising sharper images, faster ...
Often misunderstood as "hovering," satellites are actually in constant free-fall, perpetually missing Earth's surface as the planet curves away beneath them.
What just happened? There have been plenty of reports in recent times about near-misses of low Earth orbit satellites – most of them belonging to Starlink. In 2026, Elon Musk's company hopes to reduce ...
Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would ...