Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 completes its five-year mission with IS-901, marking a milestone in commercial satellite servicing.

American space company Northrop Grumman announced it has performed the first undocking between two commercial spacecraft in the geosynchronous earth orbit ...

Even if all space launches were halted today, the threat wouldn’t stop. Existing debris continues to collide and fragment ...

The cemetery was dated to be at least 5,500 years ... the outline of a quadrilateral foundation surrounded by a ditch was ...

When a satellite is near end of life, the last bit of fuel is used to push it into graveyard orbit. This doesn’t always work, however, and when the light is just right, a chemical reaction makes ...

Intelsat has completed the satellite life-extension mission and made space history. Takeaway Points Intelsat has completed the Satellite Life-Extension Mission. The Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) ...

The first-ever undocking between two commercial spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit with the completion of a satellite life-extension mission.

China launched its first Tianlian satellite—Tianlian-1 (01)—in 2008. It, and the subsequent Tianlian-1 (02) and (03) satellites, are now in graveyard orbits above the geostationary belt ...