A Long March 7Y4 rocket carrying the Tianzhou 3 cargo ship launches from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in China's southern Hainan province, on a…

Artistic rendering of a Boeing laser defense system (Boeing)

A SpaceX rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif., on Dec. 18, 2021. (SpaceX via AP)

The International Space Station in an undated handout. (Nasa/PA)

A Dish Network logo is seen on a satellite dish on a Brooklyn apartment building roof in New York, on June 4, 2015. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

America is now behind China in the ability to take down satellites. "The Shijian-21 satellite is a game-changer," says Weichert, who also produces The Weichert…

Military vehicles carrying cruise missiles are displayed in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)

The Northern Lights, the Milky Way, and a Lyrid meteor at the Bathing House near Howick, Northumberland, Britain, on April 22, 2020. (Owen Humphreys/PA)

In remote areas with no cell phone connectivity, satellite phones have proved to be invaluable. (Courtesy of the Satellite Phone Store)

The Soyuz spacecraft with the Arktika-M satellite for monitoring the climate and environment in the Arctic, blasts off from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome,…