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Mission / Earth orbit

Starling

NASA Ames · 2023–now · also Starling 1.0, StarFOX, Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy

Swarm of four CubeSats testing distributed spacecraft autonomy, swarm navigation and onboard decision-making in low Earth orbit.

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Papers: 14
Named in: 7 in title · 13 in abstract · 1 in keywords

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Top techniques

Multi-Robot & Swarms9
Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations8
Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking3
Design, Mechanisms & Hardware2
Guidance, Dynamics & Control2
Motion Planning & Navigation1

Top venues

SmallSat9
4S Symposium2
AMOS1

Also mentioned

No other mission is named alongside Starling.

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PLANETARY ROBOTICS0ISRU & CONSTRUCTION0ORBITAL ROBOTICS2IN-SPACE SERVICING0PROGRAMS & POLICY0Unassigned0

Manipulation & Grasping0Surface Mobility & Terramechanics0Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers0Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking1Perception & State Estimation0Motion Planning & Navigation0Guidance, Dynamics & Control0Learning-based Methods0Foundation Models & LLMs0Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations1HRI & Teleoperation0Multi-Robot & Swarms0Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks0Design, Mechanisms & Hardware0

Preprint (arXiv only)1Any workshop0

Space robotics & aerospace

iSpaRo0i-SAIRAS0ASTRA0IEEE Aerospace0IAC0AIAA SciTech0AIAA SPACE / ASCEND0SMC-IT/SCC0IEEE SPACE0ASCE Earth & Space0SmallSat9AMOS1SpaceOps0AAS GN&C0AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics0AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics0ICES0Aerospace Mechanisms04S Symposium2COSPAR0Space Resources Roundtable0NASA Technical Report0LPSC0

Robotics

ICRA0IROS0RSS0CoRL0Humanoids0CASE0AIM0ROBIO0SII0Robomec0

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2 papers naming Starling

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Advancing Autonomy in Distributed Space Systems: Insights From on-Orbit Testing with the Starling 1.0 Mission

Caleb Ashmore Adams, Michael J Iatauro, Sergei Gridnev, Brian C Kempa +3 more4S Symposium 2024May 27, 2024

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Starling

May 27, 2024

NASA Small Spacecraft and Distributed Systems Program - Recent and Upcoming Technology Demonstrations and Development Efforts

Roger C Hunter, Christopher E Baker, Justin V Treptow, Samson Phan +4 more4S Symposium 2026May 5, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Starling

May 5, 2026