China Gets Closer to Jupiter Mission with NASA Backed Star Navigation Concept China's space program has made significant strides in recent years, and its latest achievement is no exception.
By successfully implementing NASA's StarNAV concept – also known as stellar aberration navigation – on a low Earth orbit satellite, the Tianhui 7 mission marks a crucial milestone in China's quest to explore the far reaches of our solar system.
Stellar aberration navigation relies on subtle shifts in starlight to calculate a spacecraft's speed and position.