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An Artificial CORTEX to Guide Satellite Rescue Missions

Headline via Universe Today · first report 10 Nov, 00:06 IST, latest 10 Nov, 00:06 IST

The Persian Gulf at night, seen from the International Space Station
Representational image · The Persian Gulf at night, seen from the International Space Station · NASA / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

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First report10 Nov, 00:06 IST
Latest report10 Nov, 00:06 IST
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Thousands of so-called zombie satellites orbit Earth in the critical Low-Earth Orbit regime. They're either inactive or have stopped alerting other satellites to their presence. Researchers are building a system called CORTEX that can guide a repair satellite…

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