In the last five years, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has more than doubled and will likely double again within a similar timespan, thanks to the efforts of private companies such as SpaceX.

There was nothing terribly remarkable about the Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 satellites—at least not at first. Iridium was a 1,500 lb. communications satellite the U.S. launched into space in 1997; ...

Elon Musk has revolutionized the aerospace industry. In addition to using his industry-changing rockets to send people and supplies to the International Space Station, he has launched thousands of ...

SpaceX-owned Starlink is planning a massive reconfiguration of its constellation of over 4,400 satellites orbiting Earth and beaming internet to places. It's VP of engineering, Michael Nicolls, ...