Astronomers dig deep to find tiny dangerous space debris

In a new study, published in the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Warwick researchers led an international effort to ...
SpaceNews

ULA’s Vulcan launches Space Force mission; solid booster anomaly under investigation

WASHINGTON — A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off early Feb. 12 on a multi-manifest national security mission, sending payloads directly to geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 ...
SpaceNews

China launches first geosynchronous orbit radar satellite

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang on Aug. 12, 2023, carrying the Ludi Tance-4 (01) satellite into GTO. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China launched what is thought to be the world’s first ...
Ars Technica

Three’s a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO

The world’s leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above the equator. For more than a decade, the US military has operated a fleet of “inspector” satellites ...
autoevolution

Repair Spacecraft Conducts First-Ever Undocking in Geosynchronous Graveyard Orbit

It's been decades since humanity first sent a satellite into orbit, and during all this time we kind of become experts at it. What we still haven't mastered yet is extending the life of these ...
Nanowerk

Geosynchronous orbit

A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day).
Electronic Design

A New Kind of Geosynchronous Orbit

The OEO satellite promises a geosynchronous orbit around the equator, low latency, and a drastic cut in costs—using readily available technology. Thousands of satellites have been deployed during ...