Satellite formation flying is the coordination of multiple satellites to accomplish the objective of one larger, usually more expensive, satellite. Coordinating...

Formation flying is the flight of multiple objects in coordination. Formation flying occurs in nature among flying and gliding animals, and is also conducted...

identical orbits (see satellite formation flying); satellite series or satellite programs (such as Landsat), which are generations of satellites launched in succession;...

System Satellite formation flying SPHERES Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative University Nanosatellite Program AMSAT Amateur Satellite Corp...

devoted to high precision formation flying to achieve scientific coronagraphy. It is part of the series of PROBA satellites that are being used to validate...

S2CID 21272762. Canup, Robin M.; Ward, William R. (December 2002). "Formation of the Galilean Satellites: Conditions of Accretion" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal...

Tethered formation flying is one of applications for space tethers. This sub-set represents an entire area of research using a non-conductive tether to...

to orbital rendezvous, docking, formation flying, with scope of applications in human spaceflight, in-space satellite servicing and other proximity operations...

Prisma is a satellite project led by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) which consist of two satellites that fly in formation. Prisma is operated in collaboration...

Sun-synchronous orbit as the third in the satellite formation called the "A Train" with several other satellites (OCO-2, the Japanese GCOM W1, PARASOL, CALIPSO...

the satellite mission flying the two satellites in a closely controlled formation with typical distances between 250 and 500 m. The twin satellite constellation...

Retrieved 21 December 2020. Clark, Stephen (18 January 2021). "Virgin's satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 18...

electromagnetic origins anywhere in the world. Consisting of three formation-flying satellites, it was developed by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia...

experiments in microgravity. CNES is also studying formation flying, a technique whereby several satellites fly components of a much heavier and complex instrument...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)....

Three Corner Satellite (or 3CS, or 3CornerSat) consisted of three student-built microsatellites flying in formation. Primary mission objectives were to...

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces...

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era...

flying at an altitude of only a few metres above the ocean or ground; drag is greatly reduced by the proximity of the ground preventing the formation...

can also mean high-altitude pseudo-satellite or high-altitude platform systems), also known as atmospheric satellite, is a long endurance, high altitude...

Tiandu satellites will perform navigation and communications technology verification experiments while flying in formation in lunar orbit. Satellite-to-ground...

Amy C.; Dones, Luke (August 2011). "Ridge formation and de-spinning of Iapetus via an impact-generated satellite". Icarus. 214 (2). Elsevier: 773–778. arXiv:1105...

Tethered formation flying This is typically a non-conductive tether that accurately maintains a set distance between multiple space vehicles flying in formation...

ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical...

The Flying Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron formed at least three times. Its first formation existed from June 1869-November 1870. The first Flying Squadron...

to implement and demonstrate Technion-developed formation-flying algorithms using the nano-satellite's propulsion system. This is a student project with...

Voyager probes discovered three more inner satellites in 1979, so Europa is now counted as Jupiter's sixth satellite, though it is still referred to as Jupiter...

fallstreak holes have been mistaken for or attributed to unidentified flying objects. Such holes are formed when the water temperature in the clouds...

thermal infrared (TIR) free-flying satellite for launch in 2019 was also proposed, to ensure data continuity by flying in formation with Landsat 8. In the...

missile released by a F-15 Eagle flying at a speed of Mach 0.934 and an altitude of 38,100 ft (11.6 km). The satellite was orbiting at 345 miles (555 km)...