Satellite

German startup makes history with first orbital space flight launched from European soil

It was Isar's second launch, coming 18 months after the company's first rocket plunged to the ground and exploded in a fiery spectacle shortly after takeoff from the same site.

An Isar Aerospace rocket.
A drone view of firefighters conducting search and rescue operations at a damaged road leading to Gyirong Port after a mudslide, in Gyirong county, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China August 28, 2026.

Nepal monitoring two lakes, flood risk to remain until they're fully drained, official says

A satellite

Israel seeking to lead intensifying international race over anti-satellite weaponry - analysis

Kratos Defense and Security Systems' GAIA100 tri-band ground station

Kratos subsidiary Orbit secures major international satellite orders


New pier completed at North Korea rocket launch site, satellite imagery shows

North Korea says its military activities, including nuclear weapons, are its sovereign right and only for self-defense.

 A satellite image shows what appears to be a maritime pier under construction, at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, in Cholsan, North Pyongan province, North Korea, July 14, 2025.

The final frontier: IAI, SpaceX launch communications satellite in historic collaboration

After Israeli satellites dominated Iran, why didn't Israel launch its own advanced IAI satellite?

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

WATCH: IAI launches Dror-1 satellite with SpaceX's help, toward orbit 36,000 km. above Earth

The satellite covers a distance of 3 km per second, and the first part of the flight lasts 3 minutes and 42 seconds. 

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

Shining lights seen in Beersheba sky from Elon Musk's Starlink satellites

The trail of lights seen above Beersheba on Monday was not caused by rockets from Gaza or missiles from Iran or Yemen as some residents feared, but rather satellites from Elon Musk's Starlink.

 Starlink satellites passage seen on the sky in southern Poland on November 1, 2024; illustrative.

Satellite Study Tracks Wartime Destruction of Syrian Heritage Sites

Looting and military reuse identified as key drivers of archaeological damage.

 Palmyra in Syria.

ESA's Proba-3 mission creates first artificial solar eclipse in space

Twin satellites fly 150 meters apart with millimeter precision, allowing detailed observation of the Sun's corona during long-lasting artificial eclipses.

 ESA's Proba-3 mission creates first artificial solar eclipse in space.

Significant player: Ramon.Space's new contract

Ramon.Space won a contract from Eutelsat OneWeb to supply advanced digital communication systems for the satellite constellation.

 Ramon.Space

ESA launches Biomass satellite to map Earth's forests and measure carbon storage

Using a new radar technique, Biomass can 'see' through clouds and tree canopies down to the forest floor, where most biomass—and therefore carbon—is concentrated.

 ESA launches Biomass satellite to map Earth's forests and measure carbon storage.

Jeff Bezos's Project Kuiper takes off: Amazon launches first 27 satellites

To catch up with the competition, Bezos plans to rapidly deploy the rest of the Kuiper constellation in the coming months and years.

 Jeff Bezos's Project Kuiper takes off: Amazon launches first 27 satellites.

Cosmic malfunction? Russian satellite linked to nuclear space weapons out of control - report

The satellite is believed to serve as both a radar tool for intelligence gathering and a platform for radiation testing.

 Cargo space craft and Earth.