Astronomers have recently uncovered a remarkable planetary system around the faint orange star WASP-132, featuring two ...

Different orbits versus altitude. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/Cmglee, Geo Swan Low-Earth Orbit (LEO): Placing a satellite 700 km above the surface of the Earth moving 27,500 km per hour will ...

November 2001. Genetic algorithms 'naturally select' better satellite orbits. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Some Earth-orbiting satellites will be able to keep in touch longer with controllers on the ...

First, satellites in the mega constellation are categorized and the constellation design based on different satellite division is proposed. Satellites in the mega constellation are divided into 2 ...

Now physicists have stumbled upon a new type of crystal inspired by the orbits of satellites. ... Ontario, stumbled upon this strange class of objects while pondering a very different problem: ...

SpaceX’s plan to put 7,518 V-band satellites in 215-mile-high (345.6-kilometer-high) orbits meshes with a complementary plan to put more than 4,400 satellites in higher orbits for Ku- and Ka ...

Congratulations: perhaps you’re a new space-faring nation, looking to place a shiny new payload around the planet Earth. You’ve assembled the technical ...