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What Is Aerobraking That A Secretive US Spacecraft Will Perform In Earth's Orbit
A highly secretive US spacecraft is set to embark on a series of innovative flight manoeuvres in Earth's orbit. The spacecraft, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7), is an experimental space ...
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Russia To Launch Two Private Iranian Satellites Into Orbit
A Russian rocket will launch two privately built Iranian satellites into orbit early Tuesday, the Iranian embassy in Moscow said, hailing close space cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.
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NASA is developing a Mars helicopter that could land itself from orbit
NASA is working on plans to send another helicopter to Mars. The craft would land itself after screaming into the planet’s atmosphere at speed, before covering several kilometres a day while ...
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An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole
An unknown small object, traveling thousands of miles per hour, punctured a satellite in Earth's orbit. The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 ...
SpaceNews5d
Improving Space AI: Ground-to-orbit efforts aim to advance satellite intelligence
Satellites launching in mid-2026 for Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation in low Earth orbit are set to be the first to use MDA Space’s software-defined Aurora platform in orbit. Credit ...
SpaceNews26d
Space Force to increase spending on low Earth orbit satellite services
A U.S. Air Force service member prepares a Starlink modem for a performance test at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Credit: U.S. Air Force Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every ...
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Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works (video)
Aerobraking, on the other hand, uses the friction of Earth's atmosphere to help guide a spacecraft to a new orbit. "When we aerobrake, we utilize atmospheric drag to effectively step down our ...
ExtremeTech14d
What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer
More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...
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Apophis Asteroid Flyby in 2029: Earth's Gravitational May Impact Asteroid's Surface
2029 Apophis asteroid flyby will be a close encounter with Earth Earth’s gravity may dramatically alter the surface of ...
The Hindu26d
Major Boeing-made communications satellite disintegrates in orbit
The amount of debris in orbit around Earth is increasing rapidly. The European Space Agency (ESA) estimates there are more than 40,000 pieces larger than 10cm in orbit, and more than 130,000,000 ...
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NASA's solar-sailing spacecraft has a bent boom and is still tumbling in Earth orbit (photo)
Credit: NASA NASA's technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) has a bent boom in Earth orbit, a newly released photo shows. The ACS3 spacecraft launched April 23 to test ...