For the small moons, it is assumed that they are more likely to be asteroids captured by gravity, or celestial bodies that 'got stuck' in orbit around Jupiter on their way to the inner Solar System ...

China sent a classified experimental technology satellite into orbit Thursday, adding to a series of spacecraft recently sent ...

A quiet, clear Wednesday night in Brevard County was brought to life by the bright glow and roar of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mounted on a robotic arm attached to a 33-m long rail, a camera system is brought closer and closer to this scale-model ...

India conducted its first launch of the year late Tuesday, sending a new-generation navigation satellite towards geostationary orbit. A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk ...

“The first element of the mission is a three-year tour of the moons, during which we will tilt the spacecraft’s orbit around Jupiter,” said Accomazzo. “We will insert the spacecraft into ...

Astronomers have sent artificial satellites (satellites that are manmade) to orbit several Solar System objects, including Jupiter ... at speeds of around 3 km/s. Satellites in geostationary ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back another batch of jaw-dropping images from its orbit around Jupiter ... the innermost of Jupiter’s four giant Galilean moons. About the same diameter as ...

The satellite will move in a geostationary orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the equator at the same period as the Earth’s rotation. It will appear stationary when viewed from Earth.

UAE-based space-tech company Space42 has launched its Thuraya 4 telecommunications satellite into orbit, making it the company's sixth geostationary satellite. Space42 is a provider of premium ...

The three-stage, 167-foot-tall (50.9 meters) GSLV succeeded in its mission, delivering a satellite called NVS-02 to geostationary transfer orbit about 19 minutes after liftoff. NVS-02 is the ...