A new collaborative project between the U.S. military and the communications industry promises to give new meaning to the term “satellite communications” by sending an Internet router into space. The Internet Router in Space project, which is being worked on jointly by the Department of Defense, satellite provider Intelsat General and networking giant Cisco, is designed to test the viability of conducting military communications through an Internet router in space.
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To Infinity and Beyond: Military to Send Internet to Space
Posted by: Katherine Noyes April 13, 2007 01:51 PMA new collaborative project between the U.S. military and the communications industry promises to give new meaning to the term “satellite communications” by sending an Internet router into space. The Internet Router in Space project, which is being worked on jointly by the Department of Defense, satellite provider Intelsat General and networking giant Cisco, is designed to test the viability of conducting military communications through an Internet router in space.