NASA Small Satellites to Demonstrate Swarm Communications and Autonomy [feedly]

NASA Small Satellites to Demonstrate Swarm Communications and Autonomy
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Small_Satellites_to_Demonstrate_Swarm_Communications_and_Autonomy_999.html

NASA's two Nodes small satellites hitched a ride to the International Space Station on the fourth Orbital ATK cargo mission, which launched on Dec. 6. Once aboard the station, the satellites will settle in for a two-to-three month stay until deployed into low-Earth orbit in early 2016. The Nodes mission, which consists of two CubeSats weighing just 4.5 pounds each and measuring 4 inches by