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NASA To Develop Small Satellites

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-necessarily-bigger-than-a-breadbox dept.

coondoggie brings news that NASA has announced it will team with Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corp. to produce small satellites, called 'nanosats,' weighing between 11 and 110 pounds. The satellites will work together in 'constellations' and facilitate networking in space. According to NASA's press release, it will 'develop a fifth generation telecommunications and networking system for Internet protocol-based and related services.' We've discussed miniature satellites in the past.

3 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. Oh come on.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thats old news man...

  2. Re:Great, by cbart387 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In any case, my big question is how many nuts are orbiting Uranus? That's what she said.
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    Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
  3. NASA To Develop SMELL Satellites by the_skywise · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's how I misread the headline and suddenly had visions of Professor Farnsworth and the smell-o-scope...