Space Technology
19 min read
Autonomy as Architecture: Notes from SmallSat 2026 on Self-Coordinating Constellations
A field report from the 40th Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City on SSC26-VI-02, a Design Mechanism Framework that treats constellation autonomy as a systems engineering layer rather than an onboard algorithm, with a close reading of its five layers, its metrics, and the four-spacecraft simulation behind its numbers.
Aug 31, 2026
smallsat, satellite-constellations +5
