As of May 2025, there are around 11,700 active satellites in orbit around Earth, ranging from military spy satellites and scientific probes to rapidly growing private satellite networks.

Despite owning more than half of the satellites currently in low Earth orbit, SpaceX is complaining about AST SpaceMobile’s ...

"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

The "first of its kind" satellite will map the Earth's surface in incredible detail. Mission officials say it will help us ...

NASA and India have paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite capable of tracking the slightest changes in land and ice ...

A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India launched Wednesday, designed to track ...

Of the roughly 10,000 active objects in low-Earth orbit -- around 1,200 miles from the Earth's surface or closer -- more than 7,750 belong to Starlink, according to data collected by Jonathan ...

But most satellites operate in a zone called "low Earth orbit," between 200 and 2,000 kilometers up, and can take hundreds to thousands of years to fall.

The biggest contributor to this trend is SpaceX's Starlink constellation, which currently has around 7,500 active satellites in orbit — more than 60% of the total number of operational orbiting ...