Secure Space Networking

Secure space networking is the Department of Defense’s (DoD) pervasive gap preventing the community from managing clusters and constellations from several to hundreds of spacecraft. The extreme dynamics of the space environment combined with the need for cyber secure implementations are at the root of this challenge. Innoflight is proposing to develop and prototype a powerful secure space networking subsystem. The system will provide high assurance authentication and session security. The system will support high efficiency mesh routing with highly advanced constellation algorithms that will manage network connections and best route management. The system will offer modern Quality of Service (QoS), virtual private networks, and autonomous link management. Mission managers will have fine toothed control over end user capability with on-orbit reconfiguration as needed. The proposed Secure Space Networking system will provide revolutionary space based mesh connectivity that can be applied to both RF (Radio Frequency) and FSO (Free Space Optics) transceiver technology. It will enable a wide range of constellation, cluster, and fractionated spacecraft scenarios.