2026年8月26日，NASA在Starling任务中成功测试了名为FALCON的自主光学导航系统。该系统使卫星无需依赖GPS，而是利用轨道上的其他航天器和太空碎片作为参考点来确定自身位置 1。在为期三天的测试中，FALCON完全自主地改进了超过200个太空物体的已知轨道，且精度优于现有目录数据 1。
FALCON的全称为“Fast Autonomous Lost-in-space Catalog-based Optical Navigation”，该技术由NASA与源自斯坦福大学的初创公司EraDrive联合开发 1。此次测试依托的Starling任务由NASA艾姆斯研究中心主导，并于2023年发射 1。Roger Hunter担任NASA艾姆斯研究中心小型航天器与分布式系统项目经理 1。
On August 26, 2026, NASA successfully tested an autonomous optical navigation system named FALCON during the Starling mission, allowing satellites to determine their positions without relying on GPS 1. The system uses other spacecraft and space debris in orbit as reference points 1. FALCON, which stands for Fast Autonomous Lost-in-space Catalog-based Optical Navigation, was jointly developed by NASA and EraDrive, a startup spun out of Stanford University 1.
During the three-day test, the system fully autonomously improved the known orbits of over 200 space objects, achieving an accuracy better than existing catalog data 1. The Starling mission, which was launched in 2023, is led by NASA's Ames Research Center, where Roger Hunter serves as the Small Spacecraft and Distributed Systems Project Manager 1. In the future, this technology could be utilized for deep space exploration, satellite swarm coordination, and space traffic management 1.
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