A team led by Peng Zhou at Fudan University has built a radio-frequency communication system from atomically thin molybdenum ...

Geosynchronous Synthetic Aperture Radar (GEO SAR) systems represent a promising frontier in Earth observation technology, offering continuous monitoring of specified regions with exceptionally short ...

Space is unforgiving to electronics. Beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field, satellites are bombarded by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A robotic mechanic may soon be up and functional to repair satellites in orbit. In a significant milestone, the U.S. Naval ...

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 ...

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang, sending Shijian-25 on its way to orbit, Jan. 6, 2025. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China’s experimental Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites have separated in ...

China has insisted that its constellation of satellites in geosynchronous orbit is a peaceful project. It is anything but. China is committed to competing with the United States for dominance in space ...

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).