Elon Musk wants to launch a million satellites, but researchers say global warming is changing the upper atmosphere in ways that makes space junk linger.

For years, satellite data suggested that autumn snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere was actually increasing — a surprising twist in a warming world. But a new analysis reveals that this apparent ...

Abstract: The increasing availability of high-resolution satellite imagery, such as Sentinel-2, provides great potential for land cover classification. However, raw imagery often suffers from issues ...

Elon Musk told employees at xAI (X.AI) on Tuesday that the AI startup needed a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space, the New York Times reported.

With his newfound focus on the Moon, Elon musk is making some wild new plans. In an xAI meeting with employees, Musk said the company needed to build an AI satellite factory on the moon with a ...

An artist’s conception shows how additional Amazon Leo satellites would provide coverage in Earth’s polar regions. (Amazon Illustration) Amazon has won the Federal Communications Commission’s approval ...

(AST SpaceMobile) AST SpaceMobile has successfully unfolded its massive 2,400 square-foot satellite in orbit as the company tries to challenge SpaceX’s cellular Starlink service. On Tuesday, AST ...

The FCC authorized Amazon to deploy 4,500 additional Leo internet satellites. The new tranche would bring Amazon's planned constellation to roughly 7,700 satellites. Leo is poised to rival SpaceX's ...

Space startup General Galactic aims to fly a satellite using only water for in-orbit propellant. The 1,100-pound satellite could validate two separate methods for water propulsion when it flies to ...

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