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NASA’s Swift Observatory Headed for Imminent Uncontrolled Reentry

A failed rapid commercial rescue left the 22‑year‑old telescope uncontrolled and dense parts may survive reentry inside a narrow equatorial band.

ESA Warns Low Earth Orbit Has Deteriorated Sharply

Starcloud Raises $250 Million to Expand Orbital AI Data Centers

ESO Study Warns Mega-Constellations Could Wipe Out Ground-Based Astronomy

Firefly Wins PDR Contract to Design Elytra Deorbit System

Apophis Will Skim Inside Geosynchronous Altitudes in 2029, Study Warns of Space Junk Risk

Blind-Stacking Reveals 25 Previously Uncataloged Fragments Near Geostationary Satellites

U.S. Robot Mission Readies to Boost Aging Swift Space Telescope

ISRO Report Details 150,000 Collision Alerts and 18 Avoidance Manoeuvres in 2025

Blue Origin Files 'Project Sunrise' for 51,600 Orbital Data-Center Satellites as SpaceX Presses FCC for Equal Scrutiny

Starlink Tops 10,000 Satellites, Extending SpaceX’s Dominance of Low Earth Orbit

FCC Chair Rebukes Amazon Over SpaceX’s One‑Million‑Satellite Plan

Scientists Trace Lithium Plume to SpaceX Falcon 9 Reentry in First Ground-Based Detection

Starlink 5103 Burns Up Over Victoria in Pre‑Dawn Reentry, Astronomers Say

EU SST Expects Uncontrolled Re-Entry of Chinese ZQ-3 Rocket Stage Today, Window Narrowed

Science Study Shows Seismometers Can Trace Space Debris Reentries

Repaired Shenzhou-20 Lands Empty in Inner Mongolia

ISRO Confirms DEX Recorded Interplanetary Dust Strikes About Every 1,000 Seconds

Starlink Satellite 35956 Suffers In-Orbit Anomaly, Tumbles Toward Reentry

Starlink Reports 200-Meter Near Miss With Newly Launched Chinese Satellite