satellites

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit, a satellite launch and services company, will officially become a publicly traded company following its merger with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: NGCA).

The anti-satellite test created at least 1,500 pieces of trackable debris and underscores the need for new policies, observers say.

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to launch a 147-satellite constellation to create its own orbiting broadband internet network. First proposed in 2017, Boeing plans to deploy 132 satellites in low-Earth orbit, about 650 miles up, and 15 others in “non-geostationary orbit”—as high as 27,000 miles above Earth. “Advanced satellite broadband services have an […]

Efforts to remove increasing amounts of debris from Earth’s orbit is a big point of concern for the space industry.