The new Space Force command focuses on terrestrial and orbital defenses over the United States proper, as well as Canada and ...

When a Russian satellite shattered in orbit, the fragments did not simply drift away into the void. They spread into busy ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space junk.

Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.

The Space Force is working with the intelligence community to create a framework for managing a layered moving target indicator capability that pulls data from space sensors to better track threats on ...

The Space Development Agency (SDA) announced on December 19 four awards to procure 72 satellites for its Tranche 3 Tracking Layer constellation. The launch is part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space ...

U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel ‘25 Capstone event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, is a security cooperation effort to strengthen and grow international partnerships. Credit: U.S.

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to the ground. To locate possible crash sites, a Johns Hopkins University ...

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