Deployed Internets: A Broad Range of Possible Configurations

• A single lander with an IPN gateway to a (real or virtual) internal network

• Small number of cooperating robots on planetary surface (e.g. Single lander, single rover)

• Orbiter-to-surface communication and coordination (e.g. sample return recovery)

• Multiple beyond-line-of-sight missions connected by low-orbit communication satellites

• Planet-stationary satellites for relay and gateway functions

• Spacecraft on-board LANs

• The Earth’s Internet

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