Monday, November 9, 2026

An Artificial CORTEX to Guide Satellite Rescue Missions

This illustration is exaggerated and isn't to scale, but it highlights the growing space debris problem. Some of the debris isn't really junk; it's zombie satellites. Researchers are developing an autonomous framework called CORTEX for guiding servicing satellites to dock with these zombies and revive them. Image Credit: ESA

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 to autonomously dock with these zombies.



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