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A first-of-its-kind exosatellite strains planetary taxonomy

development2026-07-26

Claim

Astronomers found a first-of-its-kind exosatellite 73 light-years out, massive enough to be a planet yet orbiting a brown dwarf, straining a taxonomy built for our own solar system, while Starship's thirteenth flight deployed 20 Starlink V3 satellites and eased into a soft water landing.

Reported metric: 73 light-years

Reporting date: 2026-07-26 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 26, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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SpaceX

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A robotic servicer bolts jetpacks onto aging satellites

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A first-of-its-kind exosatellite strains planetary taxonomy
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Reporting date: 2026-07-26
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-26-an-exosatellite-strains-the-taxonomy
Claim: Astronomers found a first-of-its-kind exosatellite 73 light-years out, massive enough to be a planet yet orbiting a brown dwarf, straining a taxonomy built for our own solar system, while Starship's thirteenth flight deployed 20 Starlink V3 satellites and eased into a soft water landing.
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- Welcome to July 26, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-26-2026
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