China launched the latest in a series classified satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit Sunday while disclosing little ...

This high-altitude system significantly surpasses US radar satellites, which remain confined to low Earth orbit. The project, ...

On Star Trek, if you want to go from one deck to another, you enter a “turbolift” and tell it where you want to go. However, many people have speculated that one day you’ll ride an elevator ...

Satellites often face a disappointing end: despite having fully working systems, they are often de-orbited after their propellant runs out. However, a breakthrough is on the cards with the launch of ...

Before communications satellites, such signals had to be relayed via earth-based relay towers which had to be placed in sight of one another. The original idea of geosynchronous communications ...

If you want to reach a satellite in geosynchronous orbit it’ll take a little more effort, and this dual-feed helical “ice cream cone” antenna could really help. Until recently, the dream of ...

Replace the NSS assets in GEO The Blackjack program aims to replace the costly and vulnerable NSS assets in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) with a constellation of four connected satellites in LEO.

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F15) launch follows its predecessor, GSLV-F12, which successfully deployed the navigation satellite NVS-01, the first satellite in the second ...

JSAT operates 17 geosynchronous communication satellites, the largest number in Asia, and will venture into the low-orbit observation business by building a constellation of 10 Planet Pelicans in ...