Lunar Communications Services with Emphasis on Commercialization

• Main Authors: Ware, John, Davarian, Faramaz
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2022 2022
• Subjects: Espa; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/55987

In mid-2020 Lockheed Marin Space (LM) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) formed a working group to study and address the need for a lunar communications network to service a growing lunar economy, beginning with the initial crewed and robotic mission needs in 2024. Multiple commercial relay...