If you're at apogee of an orbit and you blow up because of a propellant tank rupture (from debris), than anything ejected in the prograde direction will, in fact, have a higher perigee.

26 to manufacture satellites and components for D-Orbit USA. D-Orbit USA, formed by Italian space logistics company D-Orbit, selected Spectrum, a subsidiary of Ocutrx Technologies, because “high ...

Indian space program milestones, satellite launches, private sector initiatives, and upcoming missions summarized by space ...

Proba-3 is known as ESA’s technology demonstration mission. Indian solar physicists are likely to get exclusive access to the ...

The Sun's activity is what gives us beautiful auroras — but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go around Earth in a low orbit. In early November, three tiny Australian ...

Related: Wild solar weather is causing satellites to plummet from orbit As of November 2024, there are 6,764 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 6,714 are working, according to Astronomer ...

A Russian rocket carrying a payload of satellites into orbit – including two from Iran – blasted off successfully, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said, in a move seen as reflecting the ...

Proba-3 is a groundbreaking mission that relies on the teamwork of two spacecraft to unlock the Sun’s secrets. While the ...

An unknown small object, traveling thousands of miles per hour, punctured a satellite in Earth's orbit. The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 ...

The Proba-3 mission consists of two satellites: the Occulter Spacecraft (OSC) and the Coronagraph Spacecraft (CSC).