October 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Lunar Communications for the Artemis Program
Shuichi Ichimura
Strategy Lead of Space Business and Technology
Advanced Technology Tech-Strategy Division
KDDI CORPORATION
"High-Rate Communications Across The Lunar Surface" was listed within the top 5 of NASA ESDMD's Shortfall Ranking in 2024. Lunar communications require ground stations on Earth, comm relay satellites orbiting around the Moon, and lunar surface networks such as 5G technologies. As a Japanese telecommunications service provider, KDDI has a long history of providing wired and wireless networks and satellite communication services. This keynote will cover how KDDI collaborates with space agencies and other companies to expand its capability to the Moon.
IPNSIG was founded in 1998 by Vint Cerf and researchers within academia and NASA/JPL. We are now a full Chapter within the Internet Society, known as the Interplanetary Chapter. We work to extend terrestrial networking into solar system space, which is consistent with the Internet Society’s objectives to grow the internet to unpopulated areas, and connect the unconnected domain—and to ensure that even in space, “The Internet is for Everyone”.
Read about our strategy toward a solar system Internet for humanity
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OUR VISION
Expand networking to interplanetary space,
for the benefit of humanity
CREATING
VISION
Create a common vision for an Interplanetary Network with stakeholders
NARRATIVE AND ROADMAP
Shape the future of an Interplanetary Network by presenting a narrative and roadmap
PROMOTION OF TECHNOLOGY
Promote and increase the maturity of DTN Technology through use in terrestrial and space application