Satellite data allows meteorologists to keep track of the location, structure and intensity of severe weather, helping to ...

In an unexpected discovery, two weather satellites designed to monitor Earth’s atmosphere have ended up capturing valuable ...

Japan's Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites, designed to study weather here on Earth, have also been quietly collecting ...

In an unexpected twist, two Earth-based weather satellites, Himawari-8 and Himawari-9, have provided invaluable data on Venus ...

Scientists will rely on data from a Japanese satellite sensor to monitor sea ice going forward, because the U.S. Department of Defense will no longer share similar data from American satellites.

The Space Force's Space Development Agency has launched the first 27 prototypes for a future network of hundreds of satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to detect and monitor missile launches and ...

The satellites are not being decommissioned, but their data will no longer be received, processed or stored. Satellites can’t last forever and are eventually retired, but it is not clear that is ...

Of the satellites in Earth orbit, around 42% are inactive, according to Seradata. The number of active satellites increased by 68% from 2020 to 2021 and by more than 200% from 2016 to 2021.

Radar launch monitor systems are like watching the entire movie unfold on screen. Camera systems are like studying the most important scene in crazy-high definition, then letting expert writers ...

Google and satellite company Muon Space are launching fire-spotting satellites into space, hoping they’ll detect fires more quickly and help crews learn more about how flames spread.

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets lifted off with Starlink satellites on June 28, 2025. The first launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida and the second from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California.