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NASA's Starling: The Satellite Swarm Mission Explained
Original: What is Starling?
Starling is a NASA mission made up of four small CubeSats that operate as a coordinated swarm in low Earth orbit. The project is designed to test whether satellites can autonomously work together, relaying communications, navigating, and making science decisions without direct control from the ground. NASA is highlighting the mission as a step toward future distributed spacecraft operations.
Why now: People are searching for information about NASA's Starling CubeSat swarm mission following renewed attention to its technology demonstrations.
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Evidence
- What is Starling? · NASA (.gov)
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