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Very minor nitpicky grammar point: "... the Swarm satellites — three separate satellites floating in tandem."

Can three things operate in tandem?

lotsofcows on July 16, 2014 [–]

No. Tandem also implies one behind the other which, even in the context of an orbit, doesn't make much sense.

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