For the fourth time in a little more than a year, the US Space Force needs to send up a new satellite to replenish the military's GPS navigation network ... Read full article. Comments .
While long-term plans are being made to create a permanent human presence on the Moon, a pressing concern in the near term is arising in the realm of low EarthOrbit (LEO) ... orbital research platforms.
Thousands of satellites are being launched into space at low Earth orbit, joining hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk, and it's becoming a real problem ... .
With SpaceX's Starlink constellation crossing the 10,000-satellite threshold in low-Earth orbit, a Falcon 9 rocket will add to that sum Sunday during a late morning-early afternoon launch window.