Deployed from NOSS. NOSS detected the location of naval vessels using radio inferometry, and consisted of a main spacecraft and several subsatellites, linked by fine wires, several 100's of meters apart.

Deployed from NOSS 1.

Deployed from NOSS 2.

Deployed from NOSS 3.

Released from NOSS 4.

Deployed from NOSS 5.

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