LunaNet
LunaNetis aNASAandESAproject and proposed data network aiming to provide a "Lunar Internet" forcis-lunarspacecraft and installations.[1]
It will be able tostore-and-forwarddata to provide aDelay/Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN). The objective is to avoid needing to preschedule data communications back toEarth.[1]
LunaNet will also offer navigation services, eg. for orbit determination, and navigation on the lunar surface.[1]
Draft interoperability specifications have been issued.[1]
The LunaNet Interoperability Specification (LNIS) is the document which publishes the LunaNet standard. LNIS version 4 was published online in September 12, 2022. LNIS version 5 draft for review was provided online for comment late 2023.[2][3]
- NASA's instantiation of LunaNet is called Lunar Communication Relay and Navigation System (LCRNS).[4]
- Moonlight Initiativeis anESAproject intending to adopt the specifications.[5][6]
See also[edit]
- Deep Space Network,NASA spacecraft communications
- Artemis program,NASA's return to the Moon
- Laser communication in space
- Coordinated Lunar Time
References[edit]
- ^abcdEmpowering Artemis with communications and navigation interoperabilityOct 2021
- ^LunaNet Interoperability Specification, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA
- ^"Moonlight services: seeking feedback for updated LunaNet framework".esa.int.Retrieved2024-04-03.
- ^abLunaNet: Interoperability for Lunar PNT,Slide 4, International Committee on GNSS, October 17, 2023 Madrin, Spain
- ^Project MoonlightOct 2021
- ^Moonlight WebinarMar 2022
External links[edit]
- LunaNet Interoperability Specification Documents
- NASA's Lunar Communications Relay and Navigation Systems (LCRNS)
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