This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Jan. 3, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) ...

India continues to prove out the abilities of its increasingly robust space program. The two satellites of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Space Docking Experiment, or SpaDex ...

It's hard to know for sure, given how some of these things are secret, but the current count puts the number of satellites in orbit at over 10,000. Only one of them is, at least so far, made of ...

Japan's space agency plans to use satellite images to quickly evaluate damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, has said it expects the ...

Credit: NASA In a pioneering space mission, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched LignoSat, a satellite constructed from wood, into Earth’s orbit in December 2024. This innovative ...

JAXA's project is a serious demonstration of how wood could be an alternative to aluminum and other metals that generally go into satellite construction. LignoSat was part of the Japanese Experiment ...

In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that ...

Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to ...

WATCH: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket Monday Carrying Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX launched its latest Starlink mission, continuing its ambitious effort to provide global ...

During the Noto Peninsula earthquake that struck on Jan. 1 last year, JAXA’s advanced land observation satellite, Daichi-2, conducted emergency observations from the same night. While the observations ...