Seated, left to right, are D-Orbit CEO Luca Rossettini and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signing an agreement for Europe's first life extension mission for a satellite in geostationary orbit.

Facing competition from Starlink and other emerging satellite broadband networks, the two companies that own most of the traditional commercial communications spacecraft in geostationary orbit ...

Dave Bijur, Intelsat senior vice president of commercial aviation, put multi-orbit speeds to the test in December. Credit: Intelsat Standalone terminals that can switch between satellites in ...

For decades, Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) operators were in the communications catbird’s seat 22,000 miles above the Earth, but the arrival of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) networks, like Elon Musk’s ...

The satellite "has a history of unusual maneuvering near other satellites in geostationary orbit, which has also generated suspicions regarding its mission." When you purchase through links on our ...

4iG Space and Defence Technologies and France-based Eutelsat have signed a Geostationary Orbit and Frequency Licence Agreement securing the orbital position and associated frequency rights for HUGEO, ...

SpaceX launched a mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from Florida's Space Coast early Sunday morning (July 13). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

China is currently conducting a very important test in space: it is trying to refuel a satellite while it is still orbiting Earth. This kind of operation is called orbital refueling, and it could help ...