Satellite

To date, four countries — the U.S., Russia, China and India — have destroyed their own satellites in ASAT tests.

NASA launched a weather satellite into space for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Tuesday for tracking environmental hazards in the western U.S.

The rocket carried 50 satellites into low earth orbit, as part of a mission to launch a high-speed broadband network.

It’s shaping up to be a busy week for Hawthorne-based aerospace company SpaceX, which is planning to launch three rockets this week.

Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched a NASA ocean- monitoring satellite into orbit Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California. Residents in parts of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties could hear a series of sonic booms following liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket.

Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched another 60 internet satellites into orbit Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

SpaceX successfully launched another set of satellites into space after multiple delays due to inclement weather.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has launched its first satellite into space

An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. The launch happened at 7:15 p.m. local time at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s Semnan province, some 230 kilometers (145 miles) southeast of Iran’s capital, Tehran. A Simorgh,...

AT&T said Tuesday that its HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for $15 a month, joining a crowded field. The company has said HBO Max will become the “workhorse” for its video business as cord-cutting of traditional TV expands. It hopes to migrate people who pay for HBO in different ways today to the new platform. The service...

AT&T said Tuesday that its HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for $15 a month, joining a crowded field. The company has said HBO Max will become the “workhorse” for its video business as cord-cutting of traditional TV expands. It hopes to migrate people who pay for HBO in different ways today to the new platform. The service...

Satellite photos show what appear to be armored personnel carriers and other vehicles belonging to the China’s paramilitary People’s Armed Police parked in a sports complex in the city of Shenzhen, in what some have interpreted as a threat from Beijing to use increased force against pro-democracy protesters across the border in Hong Kong. The pictures collected on Monday by...

Iran on Tuesday conducted one of at least two satellite launches it plans despite criticism from the United States, but the satellite failed to reach orbit, an official said. The rocket carrying the Payam satellite failed to reach the “necessary speed” in the third stage of its launch, Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said. Jahromi said the rocket had...

Iran successfully launched its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket into space, the country’s state media reported Thursday, in what is likely the most significant step yet for the launch vehicle. A confirmed launch of the “Simorgh” rocket would mark another step forward for the Islamic Republic’s young space program, but is likely to raise alarm among its adversaries, who fear the...

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