NOTE: Before answering the following questions, read the "Background" and watch the video under “Resources” below.

1. List the who, what, where and when of the news item.

2. For how long will the shoebox-sized satellites orbit the earth?

3. a) What is the goal for these tiny satellites?
b) What benefit would these nano satellites offer if successful?

4. How long did it take the engineers to develop these satellites?

5. a) How are the satellites able to keep in perfect formation?
b) What is the purpose for having the three satellites travel in perfect formation (at relatively close range)?

6. Pinin Gurfil is a professor of aerospace engineering and the director of the Asher Space Research Institute at Technion who led the team in developing the satellites. Re-read paragraphs 9-11. What is your reaction to the fuel efficiency these engineers have developed for these satellites?