Satellite

5G satellite briefly becomes brightest object in night sky

With more constellations on the horizon, scientists call for better approval of launches

Science03 Oct 2023 | 34

FAA wants rocket jockeys to clean up after their space launch parties

Have you seen orbit? There's junk everywhere

Science22 Sep 2023 | 6

ESA gets the job of building Europe's secure satcomms network

IRIS² oversight deal signed as constellation’s schedule slips, and Ariane 6 hits another snag

Security22 Sep 2023 | 4

Vodafone claims first space-based 5G phone call – no modifications needed

The roaming charges must be out of this world

Networks21 Sep 2023 | 13

Starlink speeds ahead in the satellite race but rivals aren't starstruck just yet

Download rates stabilize after influx of users dragged on service

Networks19 Sep 2023 | 13

Rocket Lab launch streak goes up in smoke with 41st mission

Electron rocket was lost when reusable first stage separated early this morning

Science19 Sep 2023 | 10

Amazon's three rocket makers insist Project Kuiper will launch on schedule

It's not as if space is hard, is it?

Science13 Sep 2023 | 8

Vodafone and Amazon shoot for the stars while Kuiper satellites remain grounded

Bezo birds to provide a mobile backhaul. When they finally launch

Networks05 Sep 2023 | 4

The only thing launched for Amazon's Project Kuiper is a lawsuit

Updated Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk... not the bestest of buddies?

Networks04 Sep 2023 | 15

Neighbors angry as another North Korean 'satellite' launch attempt fails

US, Japan, and South Korea are well and truly over this sham

Science24 Aug 2023 | 19

Pentagon dumps $1.5B more into military sat network that's already slipping behind

One might say this program is truly up in the air

Networks22 Aug 2023 | 4

Budget satellite drag sail shows space junk how to gracefully exit orbit

Students prove $30 device could help declutter Earth's backyard

Science22 Aug 2023 | 32

US Space Force finally creates targeting unit – better late than never, right?

No rush on this seemingly vital component of defense, guys

Science17 Aug 2023 | 14

Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy

Black Hat PhD student admits he probably shouldn't have given this talk

Black Hat and DEF CON11 Aug 2023 | 64

Viasat probe into ailing $700M satellite casts shadow over Q1 results

'We understand the risks involved in space systems, and have insurance'

Networks10 Aug 2023 | 1

NASA's ice-hunting cubesat lunar mission is over, thanks to a stuck valve

Plus: India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Moon, and beams photos back

Science08 Aug 2023 | 7

IBM, NASA emit actual open source AI model – for grokking Earth satellite images

Some people just want to watch the world burn

AI + ML04 Aug 2023 | 4

Farewell, Aeolus: Doomed ESA weather sat reenters atmosphere over Antarctica

Video Not quite a controlled deorbit but not an uncontrolled one, either

Science01 Aug 2023 | 6

ESA sees satellite-based air traffic monitoring on near horizon

EURIALO project aims to prove flights can be tracked in real time through multilateration

Networks26 Jul 2023 | 18

BT and OneWeb deliver internet to rock in Bristol Channel – population 28

More puffins than people on Lundy, and no one wants to say how much it cost

Networks24 Jul 2023 | 36

Amazon sets up shop at Kennedy Space Center to prep Kuiper broadband satellites

Web super-biz dreams of lobbing 3,000-plus internet-relay birds into orbit

Networks22 Jul 2023 | 25

Rocket Lab wants to dry off and reuse Electron booster recovered from the ocean

Appears to have given up the idea of catching the component midair with a helicopter

Science19 Jul 2023 | 16

UK university gets £5M to strap lasers to CubeSats

Only comms lasers, sadly

Networks14 Jul 2023 | 9

North Korean satellite had no military utility for spying, says South Korea

Lends credence to theory that Pyongyang is testing ballistic missiles against international rules

Security06 Jul 2023 | 20

Intelsat and SES merger to create $10B satellite giant is off

Hear that, Amazon Kuiper and Starlink? The coast is clear... Unlike the skies. Ahem

Science22 Jun 2023 | 1

Astroscale wants to be the world's friendly neighborhood space garbage collector

Just as World Economic Forum pushes for five-year deadline to de-orbit junk

The Reg in Space16 Jun 2023 | 29

DoD networks Amazon's off-grid DCs using SES's new MEO sats

TLA WTF IMO

The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 |

Caltech claims to have beamed energy to Earth from satellite

Tech has potential to power war-torn spots and remote regions

The Reg in Space07 Jun 2023 | 42

Starlink's rocket speeds hit a 50 megabit wall for large downloads

Disgruntled customers claim throttling happens any time of the day or night

Networks07 Jun 2023 | 42

UK launches SKYNET – not a doomsday plot, just shopping for improved satellite comms

They really need to start branding these things better

Networks05 Jun 2023 | 14

North Korean spy satellite launch ends in sea smash

Rather than herald exciting success of best-ever lift-off, state media confirms fiasco. Consider us surprised

Bootnotes31 May 2023 | 10

After network glitch, South Korea's commercial sat-slinger succeeds

Nuri rocket has done the business – now to get into the business

Science26 May 2023 | 3

North Korea shows off surveillance satellite it claims it can launch

To counter the 'US imperialists and the South Korean puppet villains'

Science17 May 2023 | 13

European companies form space jam to secure comms sovereignty with satellites

IRIS² program aims to get the EU off other countries' infrastructure

Networks05 May 2023 | 23

NASA solar satellite burns up over the Sahara desert

Goodbye RHESSI, thanks for all the data

Science22 Apr 2023 | 9

ESA's Aeolus wind-measuring satellite takes terminal trip into Earth's atmosphere

Weather forecasting mission to end on April, but Aeolus-2 is on the drawing board

Science19 Apr 2023 | 3

Amazon CEO says AWS staff now spending ‘much of their time’ optimizing customers’ clouds

Annual shareholder letter warns of ‘softening’ growth for cloud biz, likely lift-off for Kuiper satellite broadband

Off-Prem17 Apr 2023 | 23

Starlink opens final frontier for radio astronomers

Opinion Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?

Science11 Apr 2023 | 37

In wars of the future, national security won't end at space

Efforts under way to keep satellites and other craft safe from military threats

Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 4

America longs to expand low-Earth orbit economy 'for the benefits of humanity'

And commercial operators, with NASA a keen customer

Defense Tech Week05 Apr 2023 | 12

US pushes next phase of satellite missile defense system

Agency asks for industry input into medium Earth orbit system

Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 2

OneWeb lofts last batch of satellites to enable global internet service

Mission accomplished? Meanwhile Musk's Starlink's V2 sats experience de-orbit-worthy 'issues'

Networks27 Mar 2023 | 3

SpaceX tries to de-orbit Amazon's request for a satellite broadband shortcut

Stop the presses: Billionaires think sharing is a great idea, until a rival billionaire wants to share

Off-Prem22 Mar 2023 | 31

Student satellite demonstrates drag sail to de-orbit old hardware

65 AA batteries and $10 Arduino processor power space debris solution

Science21 Mar 2023 | 42

Earth is running out of places for stargazers to do dark deeds in the name of science

A 'new deal for the night' needed

Science20 Mar 2023 | 24

Boeing signs off design of anti-jamming tech that keeps satellites online

China and Russia won't be jammin' US sats no more

Defense Tech Week08 Mar 2023 | 28

NASA fixes solar observation spacecraft by turning it off and turning it on again

'Firemode reset' sees Interstellar Boundary Explorer back on the job

Science07 Mar 2023 | 40

Japan's next-gen H3 satellite launch vehicle fails on debut

Destroyed after second stage failed to ignite, making the mission impossible

Science07 Mar 2023 | 6

Why our solar-storm sats corrode – and probably not what you expected

My dear, I do believe I have the vapors ... in spaaace

Science04 Mar 2023 | 17

Hubble images photobombed by space hardware on the up

Big brains worry investment explosion could hit astronomy

Science03 Mar 2023 | 25

Double trouble for NASA with two spacecraft on the fritz

Interstellar Boundary Explorer isn't listening and Surface Water Ocean Topography mission off to unlucky start

Science01 Mar 2023 | 3

UK antitrust watchdog provisionally clears Viasat's $7.3B buy of Inmarsat

Entrance of SpaceX and others into airline Wi-Fi eases worries. Next stop: US and EU regulators

Networks01 Mar 2023 | 1

Dish: Someone snatched our data, if you're wondering why our IT systems went down

Outage-hit telco still won't confirm ransomware infection, or if it's paying up

Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 4

SpaceX lobs second-gen Starlink satellites into orbit

But not the giant ones Musk previewed last year – those still can't get to space without Starship

Systems28 Feb 2023 | 18

Chinese defence boffins ponder microwaving Starlink satellites to stop surveillance

Beijing has filed the paperwork for its LEO constellation, but SpaceX is already there

Science27 Feb 2023 | 94

Rugged satellite messaging phone Bullitt fired out ahead of MWC

MWC Plus Bluetooth gadget that gives your Android or iPhone the same ability

Personal Tech24 Feb 2023 | 17