Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force will evaluate commercial alternatives to its bespoke military ...

Illustration of the Air Force Research Laboratory's NTS-3 satellite. Credit: L3Harris WASHINGTON — An experimental U.S. military satellite designed to test new space-based navigation technologies has ...

Learn how to model and visualize geostationary orbits using GlowScript VPython. This step-by-step tutorial covers the physics, code, and visualization tips so you can build an accurate and interactive ...

One of the most crucial elements of a forecast is sky conditions. Whether it's sunny, partly cloudy, or storming. Typically, we use radar to detect rain, but when it is not raining, how do we observe ...

Liftoff of the "Commercial GTO-1" mission occurred at 1:04 a.m. EDT on Sunday morning (July 13). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.