Satellites

Varda Space Industries W-5 capsule has returned to Earth. The third capsule to land at the Koonibba Test Range in under twelve months has our friends at Southern Launch over the moon...

Approximately 96% of the images from some space observatories in low Earth orbit could be tainted over the next decade due to light contamination from satellites, according to an analysis published in Nature. The findings suggest that light pollution from satellites orbiting Earth needs to be minimized for successful astronomical research.

Optimus Viper will be a rapid-response spacecraft variant specifically designed to provide immediate, high-fidelity intelligence and protection for critical space assets.

Curtin University researchers have undertaken the world's biggest survey of low frequency satellite radio emissions, finding Starlink satellites are significantly interfering with radio astronomy observations, potentially impacting discovery and research.

Increasing greenhouse gases in our atmosphere may reduce the total number of satellites that can safely orbit the planet, say UK researchers who used computer simulations of the atmosphere to work out the number of satellites that could be maintained sustainably in Earth's orbit by the year 2100 under different emissions scenarios.