Eight small-sized satellites total a big bonus for science. The Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN) mission uses a swarm of small spacecraft to carry out scientific measurements. Credits: NASA
A cluster of small and low-cost nanosatellites is ready for liftoff from Hawaii – an inventive effort called the Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN) mission for scientific, commercial, and academic research tasks in space.
The flock of 8 tissue box-sized satellites is set to ride into Earth orbit as secondary payloads on the U.S. Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space-4 mission.
Two of the assembled Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN) mission satellites...




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