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The satellites will be positioned in a nearly sun-synchronous, low-Earth orbit, with all four spacecraft actively engaged in the experiment.

LAFAYETTE, Colo. Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) -- a subsidiary of RTX -- announced the successful launch and initial contact with CubeSats for the NASA Starling mission, a technology demonstration aimed at proving the success of cooperative groups of spacecraft operating in a swarm, or an autonomous, synchronous manner. 

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 - NASAs quartet of Starling CubeSats has successfully deployed from Rocket Labs Electron kick stage, marking a significant step forward in the field of satellite swarm technologies. These cutting-ed

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 - NASAs quartet of Starling CubeSats has successfully deployed from Rocket Labs Electron kick stage, marking a significant step forward in the field of satellite swarm technologies. These cutting-ed

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The army of Earth’s orbiting satellites continues to swell, but the latest batch from NASA will have a leg up on the others. They won’t have to rely on humans to tell them what to do. The set of four small satellites are part of NASA’s Starling mission, which mission managers out of Ames Research Center in California said are designed to work as a “swarm.” They made it to space on a Rocket Lab ...

NASA's Starling mission aims to test autonomous cooperation among CubeSats, paving the way for future complex, deep space missions. After their primary objective, the CubeSats will collaborate with SpaceX's Starlink to develop space traffic management techniques. This July, NASA is set to dispatc

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2023 - This July, NASA is sending a team of four six-unit (6U)-sized CubeSats into orbit around Earth to see if theyre able to cooperate on their own, without real-time updates from mission control. While

Mountain View, CA - This July, NASA is sending a team of four six-unit (6U)-sized CubeSats into orbit around Earth to see if they’re able to cooperate on

A CMSA official said China aims to launch a crewed mission to the moon by 2030, according to state media.