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US Air Force Building Space Router

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pings-in-spaaaace dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "From the ISTS daily news comes a story on the US Air Force seeking to build a space router. From TFA: "Northrop Grumman and Caspian Networks are collaborating to develop an Internet Protocol router that can withstand the constant barrage of solar radiation in orbit. The space-hardened IP router will be part of the Air Force's Transformational Satellite Communications System, which will provide IP-based communications to warfighters." I wonder what the ping times would be like..."

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  1. This is what I am talking about!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Real info on that can be found here http://url.fibiger.org/8f Really cool!

  2. Ping time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    200-300ms, if this is anything like a conventional DirecPC/StarBand satellite based intarweb.

    Of course it's not, it seems the whole point is to take the NOC out of the Client->Satellite->Home NOC(where router is)->Satellite->Client loop, so it would just be Client->Satellite->Client. I guess that would cut it in half, down to 100ms or so?

    Fast enough to play Halo 2. Fast enough to kill sandniggers. Good enough for us.

    BTW, thanks god, for wiping out 200,000 of the monkeys for us. Really saved us some time.

  3. Re:Ping Times by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, what did you expect...
    We're talking about the guys who unload 1000lb bombs in civilian areas.