Spaceborne satellite swarms are the next-generation technology.

NASA tests cutting-edge technology in space. The next-generation vision for satellites is the satellite swarm that operates independently. The satellite swarms are drone swarms that are operating in the orbiting trajectory.

A swarm of small satellites can use in the same missions as the lower-flying drone swarms. The swarm technology allows the targeting of multiple small telescopes at the same point. That gives small-size satellites the same resolution as larger telescopes. The difference between swarm technology and large satellites is this. If one participant of the swarms is destroyed.

The swarm itself can continue its mission. The idea in swarm technology is that multiple simple participants are acting as an entirety. In drone swarms, even millions of drones are operating as an entirety, and the operators can control the swarm as it would be one large structure.

The miniature satellites can observe larger satellites and search if there is some damage or if other satellites are in the same line as some communication satellites. Those miniature satellites can also destroy other satellites by impacting them.

The miniature satellites can act as "loyal wingmen" to other satellites. They can cut the route of incoming ASAT (Anti Satellite) missiles. Or those space drone swarms can close the route of incoming ballistic missiles. If a ballistic missile hits the satellite that can cause destruction.

"NASA’s Starling mission will test new technologies for autonomous swarm navigation on four CubeSats in low-Earth orbit. Credit: Blue Canyon Technologies/NASA"

(ScitechDaily.com/Swarm Intelligence in Space: NASA’s Starling CubeSats Ready To Test Critical Technology)

In some visions, the drone swarms can also investigate another planet's atmosphere. Those drones can use plutonium batteries as a power source. And those batteries can give even years of operational time for quadcopters.

The thing is that independently operating drone swarms that are using so-called non-centralized calculation are suitable for many missions in civil and military sectors. The developers developed non-centralized calculations for the web-based rendering application called Renderfarm.

That means the computer can share its resources with other computers. And that is the cloud-based solution that interconnects multiple small computers to a cloud-based supercomputer. The solution allows even small computers to drive complicated solutions. And that thing makes it possible to drive the complicated AI-based solutions in the drone swarms.

Drone swarms can search for missing people, they can observe how the grass is growing. Or they can control the battlefield. Even if those drone swarms have no weapons, they can go to the route of the attacking aircraft. Jamming those drone swarms is not as easy as people think. The jammer system itself is vulnerable to anti-radar missiles.

The anti-radar missile can destroy the radar transmitter. Also, those drones can use optical, laser-based communication, and image-based target recognition. And in the world of warfare, all systems form an entirety, where manned and unmanned systems work as an entirety.

https://scitechdaily.com/swarm-intelligence-in-space-nasas-starling-cubesats-ready-to-test-critical-technology/

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