Carnegie Mellon Studies Distributed Computing For Nanosats

Nanosatellites can’t exploit all of the data they gather due to space, power and downlink limitations.
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Carnegie Mellon University has launched an initiative to study a distributed computing architecture for nanosatellites. Nanosatellites are space-, power- and downlink constrained. So researchers at the university have proposed an “Orbital Edge Computing” architecture that would allow the small...
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Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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