Moving the Internet to Space

Recent years have brought growing demand for enhanced inter-satellite data routing, connectivity and communications services in modern warfighting missions. Having a web of interconnected assets in space that can provide resilient, satellite-based capabilities that stretch beyond the ground segment is becoming increasingly crucial to the U.S. military.

As a result, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking to optimize its space-based architecture by moving more network intelligence and routing capabilities from the ground to space by leveraging an Internet-type infrastructure known as an “outernet.”