Dodging this minefield is already a headache for satellite operators, and it’s poised to get a lot worse — and not just ...

Semiconductors designed for spacecraft face a range of extreme conditions that impact aging. A reliable source of power is ...

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...

The document, titled “Space Warfighting: A Framework for Planners,” outlines how U.S. forces might assert control of the ...

Earth’s orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse. At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour.

At the forefront is Elon Musk’s Starlink, a project by SpaceX aiming to launch as many as 42,000 satellites into low Earth ...

Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus program left in Earth’s orbit, Kosmos 482 is not your average piece of space junk ...

Space domain awareness (SDA) is emerging at the intersection of technology and strategy, underpinning defense and ...

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...

Experts say space junk re-entering Earth's atmosphere could jump to 15 objects a day within 10 years. View on euronews ...