In-Orbit Testing of Autonomous ‘Swarm’ Satellites
TBMG-53268
06/01/2025
- Content
Someday, instead of large, expensive individual space satellites, teams of smaller satellites – known by scientists as a “swarm” – will work in collaboration, enabling greater accuracy, agility, and autonomy. Among the scientists working to make these teams a reality are researchers at Stanford University’s Space Rendezvous Lab, who recently completed the first-ever in-orbit test of a prototype system able to navigate a swarm of satellites using only visual information shared through a wireless network.
- Citation
- "In-Orbit Testing of Autonomous ‘Swarm’ Satellites," Mobility Engineering, June 1, 2025.