Tiny satellites will use Kinect to dock with one another

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Little satellites grow up to be big satellites. At least, that’s what will happen if Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) gets its way. Working in conjunction with the University of Surrey, the UK-based company plans to launch a pair of nano-satellites into orbit equipped with Kinect motion-control sensors that will allow the minisats to seek each other out and dock to form a new, larger satellite. If this technology proves successful, it has the potential to change the way satellites are built, maintained and even disposed of by changing satellites from individual machines into intelligent building blocks... Continue Reading Tiny satellites will use Kinect to dock with one another

Section: Aero Gizmo

Tags: CubeSat, Kinect, Satellite, Space, Spacecraft, SSTL

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