China's Long March 4C rocket launched the Gaofen-12 04 Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

The ViaSat-3 F2 satellite deployed its reflector with Earth watching in the background.

Imagine trying to spot an object just 30 centimeters wide from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Years ago, I remember when “satellite view” meant blurry green blobs on a screen. Now, we can see ...

A satellite no bigger than a washing machine could soon take a major step toward reshaping the future of clean energy. Japan is preparing to launch a spacecraft that will send solar energy wirelessly ...

In an unusual perspective for an Earth-observing satellite, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite. The Sentinel-2 mission acquired this ...

CSG FM3 opens its eyes on Earth. Just a few days after launch, the first acquisitions from the new second-generation satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation have been received. COSMO-SkyMed is the ...

In October of 1957, the USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite into orbit around Earth. Today, we're combining Earth observation with image processing in the search for mineral resources ...

When the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather satellite GOES-19 turns its gaze toward the sun, scientists don't expect to see our home planet. But there it was ...