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  "id": 16066540,
  "title": "Autonomous Triangular Modules Could Build Tomorrow’s Mega-Observatories",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/autonomous-triangular-modules-could-build-tomorrows-mega-observatories",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:18:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/autonomous-triangular-modules-could-build-tomorrows-mega-observatories"
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  "summary": "Private companies are getting better and better at launching more and more mass into space with larger and larger rockets. But, there is still a major constraint on the size of objects we can get into orbit - fairing size. This places physical constraints on the overall shape of what we can launch, and severely limits the sizes of, say, a communications array or a power satellite. But a new paper…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}