Swarm Technology in Space with NASA's Starling Mission

Swarm Technology in Space with NASA's Starling Mission

NASA has sent a team of four CubeSats into orbit around Earth to see if they are able to cooperate on their own, without real-time updates from mission control. While that kind of autonomous cooperation may not sound too difficult for humans, this team will be robotic—composed of small satellites to test out key technologies for the future of deep space missions.

The Rocket Labs ‘Baby Come Back’ Electron rocket mission lifted off successfully from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on July 18 (NZST), 2023, with NASA’s Starling Mission.

Starling is funded by NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology program based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and within the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington.

Learn more about NASA's Starling Mission: 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/small_spacecraft/starling/

Video Credit: NASA's Ames Research Center

Duration: 1 minute, 25 seconds

Release Date: July 13, 2023

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