About the GOES-16 satellite - The GOES-16, also known as GOES-R before it reached its geostationary orbit, is operated by NOAA and is focused on the Americas. With the use of sophisticated imagers ...

The GaoJing 1-02 imaging satellite burned up over the U.S. in a mesmerizing 'fireball' that some skywatchers mistook for a meteor shower. A Chinese satellite has dramatically disintegrated over ...

An amateur photographer caught the satellite coming apart over Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. A defunct earth-imaging satellite made in China turned into a bright fireball Saturday night as it re ...

Rocket Lab launched a private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit today (Dec. 21) on the company's final mission of a busy 2024. An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand ...

China has sent one of its aircraft carriers to the contested South China Sea near the shores of Vietnam, according to a satellite image captured on Tuesday. This came as the Chinese military ...

T-Mobile is letting customers sign up to be the first to test its upcoming Starlink satellite direct-cell service, which promises to fill in 500,000 square miles of terrestrial cell tower dead ...

Satellite imagery spotted a Chinese submarine with its nuclear ballistic missile hatches open while pier-side at a naval base with underground facilities facing the contested South China Sea. User ...