Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...

The GaoJing 1-02 imaging satellite burned up over the U.S. in a mesmerizing 'fireball' that some skywatchers mistook for a ...

"That rounds out 100% mission success for every launch this year. Congratulations team and thanks to all the customers that ...

During the most critical month of the year, May, the Planet Earth Live team followed the lives ... and Swift the tiny meerkat pup. Now, with the addition of some previously unseen footage ...

POES satellites orbit the earth 14 times each day at an altitude of approximately 520 miles (870 km). As each orbit is made the satellite can view a 1,600 mile (2,700 km) wide area of the earth.

Look for a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to take flight today at 7:52 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Welcome to ...

The American space agency Nasa has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth. The Swot mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes ...