The first two Vulcan test flights last year used a configuration of the rocket with two strap-on boosters to add an extra ...

A geosynchronous orbit is a geocentric orbit that has the same orbital period as the sidereal rotation period of the Earth. It has a semi-major axis of 42,164 km (26,200 miles). In the special ...

DARC is designed to track multiple small moving objects in geosynchronous orbit — all around the globe, 24 hours a day.

ULA's Vulcan is replacing the company's workhorse Atlas 5 rocket and the already-retired Delta 4 family of launchers.

Chinese satellites Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 have reportedly docked in geosynchronous orbit 20,000 miles above Earth, demonstrating potential refueling capabilities.

From a near-geosynchronous orbit, they have a clear, unobstructed and distinct vantage point for viewing Resident Space Objects (RSOs).

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Early this evening in Florida, space transport company SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket on a trajectory to place a satellite in geosynchronous orbit. The success comes on the third ...

A small asteroid came within a cosmic hairbreadth of the ring of communications satellites circling the Earth in geosynchronous orbit this week. Passing by our planet at an altitude of about ...

Geosynchronous Orbit: An orbit in which a satellite’s orbital period matches the Earth’s rotation, enabling continuous observation of the same geographical area.

China appears to have considered boosting its space situational awareness capabilities by placing a satellite in a retrograde orbit out at the geostationary belt.

The astronomers performed a survey of objects in geosynchronous orbit and found that over 75% of the debris detected was not previously recorded in satellite catalogs, which list known debris pieces.