Independently moving space vehicles configured to deploy and position a space structure

Two or more deployment and positioning vehicles, each comprising:

• one or more thrusters configured to propel the respective deployment and positioning vehicle;
• an attitude determination and control system (ADCS) configured to rotate and orient the respective deployment and positioning vehicle;
• a grasping or attachment mechanism configured to operably connect the respective deployment and positioning vehicle to a space structure;
• a precision vehicle-to-vehicle location determination system configured to determine a relative location of another deployment and positioning vehicle of the two or more deployment and positioning vehicles;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to control the one or more thrusters, the ADCS, and the grasping or attachment mechanism, wherein
• the processing circuitry is configured to control the grasping or attachment mechanism to grab onto or attach to a corresponding location of the space structure, and
• the two or more deployment and positioning vehicles are part of a deployment and positioning vehicle network and configured to coordinate deployment of a space structure and positioning of at least one of the space structure or other deployment and positioning vehicles responsive to the deployment and positioning vehicle network by communicating and coordinating operations directly with one another and updating their relative positions and interactions with the space structure and the other deployment and positioning vehicles during deployment.