{
  "id": 16792152,
  "title": "Autonomous rendezvous system overcomes simulated spacecraft failures in lab tests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/autonomous-rendezvous-system-overcomes-simulated-spacecraft-failures",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T20:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-autonomous-rendezvous-simulated-spacecraft-failures.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There is a problem in low Earth orbit, and it's growing. According to the European Space Agency, there are about 19,440 satellites on orbit, 3,540 of which are nonfunctioning and/or not emitting a signal to warn other spacecraft of their location. The need to service these sleepwalking satellites in space will only increase as more are launched.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}