1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (457+ words) A screenshot of the live launch stream. Image credit: ULA An Atlas V rocket has successfully delivered another batch of internet satellites into orbit in a significant step forward for Amazon Leo's expanding global broadband network. The rocket lifted off…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago  (524+ words) Think the night sky slows down after spring? Not this year. May 2026 has a packed calendar for anyone who loves looking up, with two full moons in one month, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, soft Earthshine glowing on the Moon,…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago  (348+ words) Orbital Today New MQ-25 Stingray Completes First Test Flight On 25th April, a pre-production MQ-25 Stingray UAV completed its first test flight. This flight demonstrated the aircraft's ability to operate on a carrier-designated mission profile. The MQ-25 showed autonomous taxiing, takeoff,…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago  (330+ words) A simulated image to match the parameters of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Credit: Emma Alexander/Northwestern University The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began science operations in 2025. Its flagship programme, the Legacy Survey of Space…...

16+ hour, 51+ min ago  (437+ words) Solar power satellite. Illustrative image. Credit: NASA Meta has reserved up to 1 gigawatt of space-based solar energy from US startup Overview Energy. This electricity would be collected in orbit and transmitted back to Earth for future data centres. However, there…...

20+ hour, 52+ min ago  (477+ words) In this article, we examine a selection of satellite images that trace Chornobyl's changing story from orbit. Related: Volunteers Record Lunar Impacts For NASA Impact Flash Mission On 26 April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded and burned for…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (285+ words) Radar view of Arctic sea ice captured by Sentinel-1. Credit: ESA ESA has deployed a large scientific team onto Arctic sea ice to improve the performance of Europe's next generation of polar-monitoring satellites. This move is essential if future missions…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (431+ words) NASA is preparing to attempt something no space agency has done before: deliberately ignite fires on the Moon. The goal is to understand how flames behave in lunar gravity and how to better protect future Artemis astronauts. Related: Ukraine's Stetman…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (439+ words) The Pakistan EO-3 satellite was successfully launched into orbit on 25 April 2026 using the Chinese Long March-6 carrier rocket, which launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province. This is the third Pakistani indigenous satellite that China has launched…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (502+ words) James Hydzik is a technology geek focused on the junction of engineering, writing, and coffee. He joined Orbital Today in 2020 to help make sense of the Johnson government's decision to buy One Web. Since then, he has taken on interviewing…...