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    NASA Satellite Swarm’s Expanded Mission Powers Smarter Operations

    Illustrated image of four satellites orbiting Earth as the sun rises over the planet's horizon.

    NASA continues to study how autonomy will assist future exploration to the Moon, Mars, and other worlds. As exploration continues to evolve, future spacecraft swarms will one day “see” and communicate with each other autonomously, navigating new destinations more efficiently. The success of NASA’s Starling mission extension, called Starling 1.5+, shows greater autonomy in space […]

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    NASA’s PExT, Wideband Space Communications Demo Begins Commissioning

    A 3D rendering of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) satellite viewed at a three-quarter angle in low Earth orbit. The spacecraft’s white parabolic antenna dish is pointed to the upper-right, and its four deep teal solar arrays extend outward to form an X-shape. Earth is partially visible across the lower edge of the frame, the curve of its horizon illuminated by a flare of bright sunlight.

    Payload commissioning is underway for NASA’s PExT (Polylingual Experimental Terminal), a first-of-its-kind space communications demonstration designed to allow spacecraft to communicate with government and commercial networks. After launching on July 23, York Space Systems established first contact with their Bard satellite, the host spacecraft for PExT, and began bus commissioning on schedule. Over the next […]

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