On Monday, NASA plans to launch a constellation of eight hurricane-chasing satellites from a rocket strapped to the underside of a plane. As if that were not metal enough, once these spacefaring octuplets are deployed into low Earth orbit, at an altitude of 316 miles (508 kilometers), they will unfurl their small 5.5 feet wingspans like birds taking flight, as outlined in this concept animation.

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