Connecting Everything and Everyone in Space
Accelerate your operations with networking solutions specifically built to meet the requirements and rigors of space missions. Solstar solutions are in active development now.
Where and how will you use Solstar solutions?
Low Earth Orbit & Suborbital
Connecting people, payloads, devices, and spacecraft working and operating in LEO and suborbit.
Lunar Orbit
Networking solutions for people, payloads, devices, and spacecraft working and operating in lunar orbit and is suitable for use on the Lunar Gateway.
Lunar Surface
Providing purpose-built local WiFi and wide area networks for habitats, rovers, people, and devices on the lunar surface.
Beyond Earth & the Moon
Taking space-based networking solutions beyond Earth and Lunar operations and missions.
Solstar Space WiFi Access Points – Radiation Hardened WiFi Node
Wireless Access Point designed for space missions
The Solstar Space WiFi Access Points are an in-development radiation hardened WiFi node designed for space-based operations. Powerful enough to offer seamless wireless communications throughout any spacecraft, yet consumes minimal volume, weight and power for minimal mission impact. The Solstar WiFi Access Point is also fully customizable to fit different mission criticality needs.
Engineered for use with lunar rovers, landers, and integration with space networks like LunaNet. Designed to support human spaceflight operations.
Designed for government and commercial space stations, habitats, rovers, landers, and space suits
Inside crew capsules for orbital and suborbital space mission in addition to lunar operations
Interaction with on-orbit payloads, experiments, and tracking astronaut health data.
Space-rated |
Designed to support Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD) for scientific and medical experiment data. |
Human-rated |
Engineered to support human spaceflight for use aboard LEO space stations and satellites, lunar gateways, landers, and spacesuits |
Future-proof |
Solstar solutions provide full WiFi capabilities and features and supports any WiFi-enabled device or application |
Advanced |
Supports In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) keeping people and assets in space connected |
Solstar Space Communicators
Deke Space Communicator
Narrowband Bi-Directional Critical Data Relay
Internet of Things (IoT) for assets in space
Persistent medical monitoring of astronauts
Remote command and control of spacecraft
Management and monitoring of on-orbit payloads and experiments
- Narrowband network device
- Integrates into SmallSats, launch vehicles, earth observation satellites and space stations prior to launch
- Engineered for human spaceflight operations
- Enables two-way communications with on-orbit assets from any internet connected device anywhere on Earth or in space
- Leverages existing commercial satellite constellations
- Optimized for narrowband satellite data communications
- Cutting edge encryption and authentication protocols ensuring security
- Low size, weight, power (SWaP)
Slayton Space Communicator
Broadband Bi-Directional Critical Data Relay
Live video streaming & video calls
High bandwidth uplink and downlink
Immediate downlink of Earth Observation data
24/7 monitoring & management of on-orbit payloads & experiments
- Broadband network device
- 24/7 bi-directional, high speed internet connection with on-orbit assets
- Enables download of large amounts of data
- Engineered for human spaceflight operations
- Monitor and manage payloads
- Remote command and control of space-based assets
- Supports video calls and communications from space to Earth or other spacecraft
- Networks assets in space including satellites, spacecraft, and space stations
Solstar Space Network & Communications Services
Network and communications services
for space missions and operations
- Designed to integrate and operate with commercial satellite constellations
- 24/7 communications link between Earth-based operators to satellites and other valuable space-based assets
- Flexible service plans built to meet the needs of a variety of use cases and users
- Enable voice, data, and video services
- Communications between astronauts and Earth, other spacecraft or space stations and modules
- Service plans include broadband and narrowband internet and WiFi options
- Spacecraft-to-spacecraft communications