Satellite News

Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket reached orbit today (Jan. 17) on its second test flight — and also successfully deployed 10 satellites.

SpaceX will launch its first batch of Starlink satellites in 2021 on Monday (Jan. 18) to expand the company’s growing megaconstellation and you can watch the action live online.

SpaceX will launch its first batch of Starlink satellites in 2021 on Monday (Jan. 18) to expand the company’s growing megaconstellation and you can watch the action live online.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first Starlink satellite fleet of 2021 on Tuesday (Jan. 19) and you can watch it live online here, courtesy of SpaceX.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first Starlink satellite fleet of 2021 on Monday (Jan. 18) and you can watch it live online here, courtesy of SpaceX.

An “Old Faithful”-like event in space may shed light on the nature of stars nearby supermassive black holes embedded in galaxies.

Surprisingly, the fate of a star is easy to predict. All you need to know is how big it is.

On Jan. 17, 1985, the United States launched its 1,037th and final Aerobee rocket. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!