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Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy Project

NASA Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA) is a Game Changing Development project that advances autonomous coordination of spacecraft swarms through distributed resource and task management, reactive operations, system modeling, human-swarm interaction, and ad hoc network communications. DSA demonstrated flight-relevant autonomy on the Starling spacecraft swarm and supports scalable multi-spacecraft operations for future science and exploration missions.

Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy Project
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Distributed Spacecraft AutonomyDSADSA Project
Domains
spaceflight
Name
Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy Project
Status
completed
Types
developmentresearchoperationsexploration

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Description
NASA Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA) is a Game Changing Development project that advances autonomous coordination of spacecraft swarms through distributed resource and task management, reactive operations, system modeling, human-swarm interaction, and ad hoc network communications. DSA demonstrated flight-relevant autonomy on the Starling spacecraft swarm and supports scalable multi-spacecraft operations for future science and exploration missions.
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Participants
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Start Date
2017-10

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Creation Time
August 14, 2026 at 00:59:24 UTC
Updated Time
August 21, 2026 at 12:53:25 UTC

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