CommStar Space Communications

CommStar Space Communications

CommStar Space Communications

Intention to deploy an advanced, proprietary data relay satellite (“CommStar-1”) to be located between the Earth and the Moon by 2023.

Created: 2020-08-09

Updated: 2023-12-28

Company - CommStar Space Communications

Founded
Country
2020
USA
Funding
?
Website
https://commstar.space/
Social
CommStar Space Communications

Product/Service - CommStar-1

Classification
Space Utilities
Category
In-Space Communications Relay
Status
Early stage
First launch
2024

Serving as an advanced network access point located in the Cislunar service area, CommStar-1 will be capable of receiving and relaying both optical and radio frequency communications between the Moon and the Earth. CommStar-1 will provide active, “always on,” advanced data services over the more than 225,000-mile distance but will be situated closer to the Moon, i.e. 41632 miles. CommStar-1 relay infrastructure will be designed as a hybrid system for both radio frequency and optical (laser) communications.

CommStar-1 will be a larger communications platform than anything currently contemplated to be located on the lunar surface or in orbit around the Moon, with significant space, weight, and power (“SWaP”) dedicated for enhanced relay data transmission. Customers of CommStar-1 can design their lunar payloads for higher speed connectivity and robust bandwidth capacity on their platforms whilst avoiding the critical trade-offs of costly “SWaP” dedicated solely for ultra-long-haul communications. These returned benefits will allow critical “Price per LB to Space” costs to be reallocated away from solely communications to more valuable tasks.

Service Objective: A space-based Cislunar Network Access Point (C-NAP) with unique proprietary onboard capabilities located at a stable, diverse placement location visually accessible from multiple space communications locations and platforms, e.g. Cislunar, GEO, Moon, and with additional family of satellites deployed, Deep Space. Its primary purpose is to serve as a hybrid data communications relay between space-based platforms – Cislunar, Moon – and customer locations on the Earth, e.g. 2023.

Sources


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[1] https://commstar.space/

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/16/first-commercial-earth-to-moon-communication-relay-satellite-planned-for-2023/

[3] https://commstar.space/news/commstar-space-communications-launch-announcement/

News, Research, Projects and Patents

Title Type Date Summary
First commercial Earth-to-moon communication relay satellite planned for 2023 News 2020-06-16

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