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Starling Mission Launch Contract Secured by Rocket Lab

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Tom Patton
May 17, 2023
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NASA has awarded a launch contract to Rocket Lab for the Starling mission, a multi-CubeSat mission to test and demonstrate autonomous swarm technologies, as well as automated space traffic management for groups of spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.

“Starling has the potential to revolutionize the way science is done in orbit and we’re immensely proud to make…

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