Orbit

SpaceX gets nod to put 12,000 satellites in orbit

WASHINGTON: SpaceX got the green light this week from US authorities to put a constellation… Read More

Russia launches 73 satellites into orbit

An imaging satellite and 72 micro-satellites were launched into orbit Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome… Read More

Earth’s days getting longer, slower: study

PARIS: Earth's days are getting longer but you're not likely to notice any time soon… Read More

Europe’s comet orbiter back after ‘dramatic’ silence

PARIS: Europe's trailblazing spacecraft Rosetta has resumed its mission to probe a comet hurtling through the… Read More

Japan asteroid probe enters ‘target orbit’ in space quest

TOKYO: A Japanese space probe successfully entered "target orbit" and is on its way to… Read More

Space probe 'Dawn' enters orbit of dwarf planet Ceres: NASA

WASHINGTON: The US space probe Dawn began orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres Friday on a… Read More

India triumphs in maiden Mars mission

NEW DELHI: India's low-cost mission to Mars successfully entered the red planet's orbit on Wednesday,… Read More