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LunaNet: a Flexible and Extensible Lunar Exploration Communications and Navigation InfrastructureNASA has set the ambitious goal of establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon. Diverse commercial and international partners are engaged in this effort to catalyze scientific discovery, lunar resource utilization and economic development on both the Earth and at the Moon. Lunar development will serve as a critical proving ground for deeper exploration into the solar system. Space communications and navigation infrastructure will play an integral part in realizing this goal. This paper provides a high-level description of an extensible and scalable lunar communications and navigation architecture, known as LunaNet. LunaNet is a services network to enable lunar operations. Three LunaNet service types are defined: networking services, position, navigation and timing services, and science utilization services. The LunaNet architecture encompasses a wide variety of topology implementations, including surface and orbiting provider nodes. In this paper several systems engineering considerations within the service architecture are highlighted. Additionally, several alternative LunaNet instantiations are presented. Extensibility of the LunaNet architecture to the solar system internet is discussed.
Document ID
20200001555
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Israel, David J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mauldin, Kendall D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Roberts, Christopher J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mitchell, Jason W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Pulkkinen, Antti A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cooper, La Vida D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Johnson, Michael A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Christe, Steven D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gramling, Cheryl J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
March 12, 2020
Publication Date
March 7, 2020
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN77041
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE Aerospace Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: March 7, 2020
End Date: March 14, 2020
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Technical Review
NASA Peer Committee

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