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On this day in space! Sept. 14, 1966: NASA's Gemini 11 astronauts set altitude record for Earth orbit that went unbroken for 58 years

SpaceX launches satellite repair drone with 10-foot robotic arms to Earth orbit (video)

Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback | Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit on Falcon 9 launch from California (video)

SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight | SpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit.

The US military recently held a classified exercise to deal with a nuke in space | US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year.

NASA’s Artemis II: Humans Just Left Earth Orbit for the First Time Since 1972

NASA: Artemis II Crew Now First Humans Beyond Earth Orbit Since 1972

NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit

Earth orbit is getting crowded. Can this map of 1 million routes around our planet help prevent satellite collisions?

Groundhog Day launch sends SpaceX Starlink satellites into Earth orbit from California (video)

Low-Earth orbit is just 2.8 days from disaster

New study: Everyone but China has pretty much stopped littering in low-Earth orbit | Since 2000, China has accumulated more dead rocket mass in long-lived orbits than the rest of the world combined. Worryingly, it's only accelerating since the past 2 years

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites, lands Falcon rocket for 500th time (video)

Russia launches mice, microbes and more on monthlong mission to Earth orbit (video)

NASA's new sun-studying mission 'PUNCH' attains its final form in Earth orbit

Is Earth Orbit Doomed to be a Billionaire’s Playground?

GPS Jamming Extends to Low-Earth Orbit as Pentagon Races to Bolster Constellation

An aircraft carrier in space? US Space Force wants 'orbital carrier' to easily deploy spacecraft in Earth orbit