Upcoming Smallsat Experiment Will Evaluate ‘Swarm’ Control
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Credit: Cubesat concept: Raytheon
Astronauts on the International Space Station will deploy a pair of cubesats as early as next month to test the ability of the tiny spacecraft to receive and distribute ground commands, and to find the best route to send data back to Earth autonomously. The spacecraft will be deployed from the...
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