The Islamic Republic of Iran successfully launched the “Fakhr-1” military satellite into space, placing it into an orbit at an altitude of 410 kilometers. According to the official Islamic Republic ...
The 'Cosmos 2553' satellite was blasted through the atmosphere from Russia 's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in February 2022 days before Putin ordered troops across the border into Ukraine.
The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate and share the data needed to ...
Low Earth orbit is densely packed, with bands such as the one for satellite internet service Starlink from commercial space company SpaceX - at an altitude of 540-570 km (336-354 miles).