The Maxar-built JUPITER 3 seen before its shipment for launch in Florida. (Image credit: Maxar Technologies) SpaceX is poised to launch the world's largest commercial communications satellite.

Europe's Pleiades Neo satellite was built to observe Earth in detail. A new beautiful image of Jupiter and its largest moon Ganymede demonstrates the imaging power of one of Europe's flagship ...

Hughes' Jupiter 3 satellite is the size of a school bus and when it unfolds its solar panels will be well over 100 feet across. Hughes Network Systems.

Iridium Attack on Jupiter! By Phil Plait. June 14, 2015 7:00 AM. The Iridium satellite (left) prepares its attack on Jupiter. Photo by Thierry Legault, from the video.

Hughes launched its next-generation Jupiter 3 (EchoStar XXIV) satellite on July 29. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carried the internet satellite, delivering it to a geosynchronous orbit that’s ...

Satellites were identified by their characteristic, Jupiter-like proper motions. We used the University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope (UH2.2m) with its 8k CCD camera (18.4′ × 18.4′ ≈ 0.094 ...

WASHINGTON -- Jupiter has 11 more moons than astronomers once thought, bringing the known total for the giant planet to 39, the most in our solar system, scientists reported on Thursday. The newly ...