Far above the Earth’s surface, a Chinese satellite has quietly pulled off something that challenges one of today’s most ambitious space technologies. From 36,000 kilometers away, it fired a laser ...

At Lijiang Observatory in southwestern China, the signal did not arrive as a neat, steady beam. It came down from a satellite parked about 36,000km above Earth in geostationary orbit, then hit the ...

Radiation-hardened optical fibers and lithium niobate modulators feature in laser terminal providing high-speed space link. Orbiting 36,000 kilometers above Earth in geostationary orbit, TELEO ...

Seated, left to right, are D-Orbit CEO Luca Rossettini and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signing an agreement for Europe's first life extension mission for a satellite in geostationary orbit.

TAMPA, Fla. — Geostationary operator Intelsat announced Jan. 8 its first enterprise multi-orbit broadband deal with a telco since expanding its partnership last year with OneWeb, the low Earth orbit ...