Satellite

Rocket from Boeing-Lockheed firm fails mid-flight, destroys payload of Amazon satellites

Boeing and Lockheed Martin's rocket venture suffered its first mission failure when a Vulcan rocket carrying 40 Amazon Leo satellites failed to reach orbit.

Sailboats rest in the water at Kennedy Point Park in Titusville, FL, as a Vulcan Rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA) lifts off from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on February 12, 2026. (Illustrative)
An artilleryman of the Special Rifle Police Battalion of Zaporizhzhia region sets up Starlink satellite internet system, at a position, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 16, 2026.

Ukraine moving toward Israeli-Italian satellite terminals instead of Starlink - report

Israel National Cyber Directorate Director of Guidance and Spectrum Defense Kobi Menashe.

Satellite hacking poses growing global threat as cyber defenses weaken, Israeli official warns

An illustration showing an Israeli clock.

What time is it in Israel?- opinion


US calls for UN meeting on North Korea's attempted satellite launch

Nate Evans, the spokesperson for the US mission to the United Nations, said the United States had called for an open meeting on the launch, which means the proceedings would be streamed live.

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what it called a space satellite toward the south, in Seoul, South Korea, May 31, 2023.

North Korea says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June

Nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for the launch.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his wife Ri Sol Ju and their daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023.

Japan's missile defense on alert as North Korea warns of satellite launch

Nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved the launch.

 A general view of fire assault drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea March 10, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

NASA might be able to use AI to predict dangerous solar storms

A solar storm occurs when material from solar wind reaches Earth's magnetic field - these are also called geomagnetic storms.

 A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012

Nearly 300 kg. NASA satellite set to crash into Earth

The satellite in question is the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, launched in 2002 and retired in 2018. The odds are very low of anyone being hit.

 An artistic illustration of NASA's Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) satellite.

Flash of light above Kyiv sparks buzz about falling satellite, aliens

The Kyiv city military administration said the bright light and flaming object was a crashing NASA satellite, but NASA denied this.

 UFO (illustrative).

14 Days: Ofek-13 launch

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 The Ofek 13 observation satellite is launched into space, March 28, 2023.

Tunnels used for missile production in Syria attacked in Monday airstrike

A recent intelligence report by ImageSat International (ISI) based on satellite images revealed details about an attack in Syria attributed to Israel in early March.

 Satellite documentation of the location of the attack

Israel falling behind in satellite, space race - comptroller

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman also noted that the IDF has failed to have proper naval defenses for natural gas rigs.

 The EROS-C3 satellite during lift off.

US divisions over Chinese spy balloon show politicized foreign policy - analysis

The incursion of a Chinese spy balloon into US airspace has turned what could be a normal debate and discussion into another politicized foreign policy issue.

 Spectators watch after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast in Holden Beach, North Carolina, US February 4, 2023.