An animation starting with unconnected satellites shows how an autonomous constellation developed by Sandia National Laboratories, the Air Force Research Laboratory and others could work together during national security missions. (Image by Eric Lundin) Click on the thumbnail for a higher resolution GIF. Imagine a satellite observing ships on the ocean. As it takes pictures of each ship, an algorithm decides what kind of vessel it is. But one sneaky sailor paints a pattern on the deck that confuses the satellite, so it can't decide what it's looking at.

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