Latest "satellite" stories

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the RHESSI (Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager) solar observation satellite.

Old NASA satellite falling to Earth, risk of danger ‘low’

The defunct science satellite will plummet through the atmosphere Wednesday night, according to NASA and the Defense Department.

5 months ago

FCC’s 5G satellites launch into orbit, NOAA and NASA systems are next

Boeing-built satellites will enable SES to provide data and TV transmission services to nearly 120 million American homes.

By Federal Times staff

12 months ago

Maxar to keep providing US government users with satellite imagery

The company provides more than 400,000 U.S. government users with unclassified, online and offline, on-demand access to high-resolution commercial images.

By Federal Times staff

12 months ago

Planet Labs adds 10 imagery satellites to its flock

The six SkySat spacecraft and four miniature Dove satellites were launched Tuesday afternoon aboard an Orbital ATK Minotaur C rocket.

6 years ago

Man sentenced for trying to sell satellite secrets to Russia

Gregory Allen Justice of Culver City, California, has pleaded guilty to trying to commit economic espionage and attempting to send restricted information out of the United States.

6 years ago

NASA launches last of its longtime tracking satellites

The end of an era came with the morning liftoff of TDRS-M, the 13th satellite in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite network.

6 years ago

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