Katalyst Space Technologies will launch a geosynchronous orbit servicing spacecraft on an Ariane 6 in 2027. Arianespace announced March 23 that it won a contract to launch Katalyst’s Nexus-1 servicing ...

U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) explored the importance of maneuvering satellites, especially those in geosynchronous orbit, in ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida this week. The rocket will carry the EchoStar XXV satellite into geosynchronous orbit. The launch window is set for ...

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).

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 ...