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Qingzhou Prototype Completes In-Orbit Rendezvous Test Toward China Station Resupply

The trial signals progress on low-cost station logistics using a fast-built, modular spacecraft.

Amazon to Alter Satellite Insertion Plans After SpaceX Safety Complaint to FCC

Lidar Study Ties Upper-Atmosphere Lithium Cloud to Falcon 9 Reentry

SpaceX Advances Orbital Data-Center Plan With FCC Filings as Experts Question Timeline

China Ends Record Year at 92 Launches With Shijian-29 Pair as Reusable Long March 10B Targets 2026 Debut

Researchers Urge Designated Lunar 'Graveyard' Zones for Dead Satellites

NASA Study Finds Satellite Swarms Are Already Degrading Hubble and Could Overwhelm Future Telescopes

China Delays Shenzhou-20 Crew’s Return After Suspected Space Debris Strike

China Notifies NASA of Satellite Conjunction, Offers to Maneuver in First Direct Outreach

China Delays Shenzhou 20 Crew’s Return After Suspected Space‑Debris Strike

SpaceX Crosses 10,000 Starlink Satellites After Weekend Launches

Tiny Asteroid Skims Earth at ISS Altitude Over Antarctica, Found Only Hours Later

Study Lays Out Nuclear and Kinetic Options to Prevent Possible 2032 Moon Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

China Likely Completes First Autonomous Refueling of Satellites in Geostationary Orbit

Dead NASA Relay2 Satellite Emits Nanosecond Burst After Decades of Silence

Defunct NASA Relay 2 Satellite Emits Unexpected Powerful Radio Pulse

'City-Killer' Asteroid Now 4.3% Likely to Strike Moon, Threatening Satellite Networks

NASA Finds Solar Storms Accelerating Starlink Satellite Re-Entries

ISRO Carries Out Fewer Satellite Collision Manoeuvres in 2024 After Improving Risk Analysis

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos-482 Crashes into Indian Ocean After 53 Years in Orbit