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  "id": 16763069,
  "title": "The United Kingdom Is Launching Giant Claws Into Orbit to Clean Up Space Junk. You Can Help Name the First-of-Its-Kind Mission",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/the-united-kingdom-is-launching-giant-claws-into-orbit-to-clean-up",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T15:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-united-kingdom-is-launching-giant-claws-into-orbit-to-clean-up-space-junk-you-can-help-name-the-first-of-its-kind-mission-180989755/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The spacecraft is designed to drag two dead satellites into Earth's atmosphere, where they are expected to disintegrate. The mission is slated to launch in 2029 and be completed by 2032",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}