French startup Univity has raised around $32 million to deploy a pair of 5G demonstrators into very low Earth orbit next year, ahead of plans for at least 1,600 VLEO satellites to help telecom operators extend 5G coverage from space.

An Atlas V 551 rocket is targeted to launch Monday, April 27, during a window from 8:52 to 9:21 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Conceptual image of space debris surround Earth in low orbit. - Dragon Claws/Getty Images SpaceX is launching the Stargaze Situational Awareness System (SSA), a technology designed to enhance the safety and sustainability of low Earth orbit operations.

The company building a spaceport on Newfoundland’s south coast has been awarded federal funding to advance the development of a satellite system it is creating. NordSpace Corp., which is based in Markham,

The European Space Agency has achieved a European first with Celeste, successfully transmitting a navigation signal from low Earth orbit, following the launch of the mission's first satellites on March 28.

METEOROLOGIST KEVIN SKARUPA EXPLAINS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORBITS, WEATHER PERMITTING. NASA’S ARTEMIS TWO IS LIFTING OFF LATER THIS WEEK FOR A TEN DAY MISSION AROUND THE MOON. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 20,000 DAYS SINCE HUMANS HAVE LEFT WHAT IS KNOWN AS LOW EARTH ...