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Orbit is filling up fast. Now comes the awkward bit: pre-empting and handling a crisis.

Earth’s orbit is “on track for a catastrophe.” That was the rather alarming prediction of the authors of a recent piece published in The Conversation. As the argument goes, orbit is filling up fast, ...
Astronomy

How big is Earth’s orbit around the Sun?

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a ...

Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months

The US is home to SpaceX and its extensive Starlink satellite constellation, and is also a prime market for D2D services as ...
SpaceNews

Falcon 9 launches final GPS 3 satellite into orbit for U.S. Space Force

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off early April 21 Space Force Station, Florida, carrying the final GPS 3 satellite into ...
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ASTS stock slumps overnight: BlueBird-7 orbit failure forces satellite exit from network buildout

ASTS stock had already fallen 10% last week amid repeated timeline adjustments to the BlueBird-7 launch. ・The satellite separated and powered on successfully, but New Glenn-3’s second stage placed it ...