SpaceNews

SpaceComputer’s first mission to travel from low-Earth to geostationary orbit

SpaceComputer, a startup developing distributed computing infrastructure, is preparing to fly its first mission on a spacecraft traveling from low-Earth to geostationary orbit in 2027.
Aviation Week Network

Debrief: VLEO Missions Surge As Interest In Earth’s Lowest Orbit Booms

Very low Earth orbit—a region with one foot in the planet’s atmosphere and another in the vacuum of space—was once a place for a few bold experimenters. Not anymore. The number of planned very low-Earth-orbit (VLEO) missions in the coming years has surged from a handful to at least 24 by the end of...
Ars Technica

Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback

New navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit could provide 100 times stronger signal strength compared to GPS and other global navigation satellite systems operating from higher orbital altitudes—enabling greater location accuracy within dense cities ...
Yahoo

Is low Earth orbit getting too crowded? New study rings an alarm bell

Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term operations, a new study suggests. The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of satellites in Earth orbit were forced to perform more ...
ExtremeTech

Very Low Earth Orbit Satellites Could be the Next Frontier in Satellite Technology

Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit (opens in a new window) Share on Hacker News (opens in a new window) Share on Flipboard (opens in a new window) Various companies are developing these satellite ...