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DoD to Put Internet Router in Space

Posted by Zonk on from the interspace-spacenet-space-o-tron-intertrucks-in-space dept.

narramissic writes "ITworld is reporting that the Department of Defense plans to launch in the first quarter of 2009 a satellite-based router to deliver military communications. Satellite operator Intelsat will manage the three-year Internet Routing In Space (IRIS) project, while Cisco will provide IP networking software for the on-board router. After testing, the satellite will be available for commercial use. From the article: 'Potential nonmilitary benefits of the IRIS program include the ability to route IP (Internet Protocol) traffic between satellites in space in much the same way packets are moved on the ground, reducing delays, saving on capacity and offering greater networking flexibility, Lloyd Wood, space initiatives manager in the Global Defense, Space & Security division of Cisco, said Thursday.'"

19 of 188 comments (clear)

  1. Lost DoD hardware by andy314159pi · · Score: 5, Funny

    DoD to Put Internet Router in Space
    It seems like they are always misplacing shit.
    1. Re:Lost DoD hardware by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 2, Funny

      It seems like they are always misplacing shit.

      Sheesh! Just trace the cable!

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  2. sounds like a plan by User+956 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, the Army is getting routed in Iraq, might as well get a head start on getting routed in space as well.

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  3. Re:Security. by scruffy · · Score: 2, Funny

    WEP or WPA?

  4. traceroute by chris_mahan · · Score: 2, Funny

    traceroute is going to be more interesting.

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  5. Re:Security. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    WEP or WPA?
    Um, hello, it's the U.S. DoD we're talking about here. So of course it's a wired router.
  6. Apologies to Jim Henson by mapmaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Piiiiinnngs iiiiiin Spaaaaaaace!

  7. Let me guess..... by 8127972 · · Score: 4, Funny

    .... the SSID will be Linksys right?

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  8. Re:Stats?? by robpoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    S.P.A.C.E.

    Statically
    Practical
    Application
    (for)
    Countering
    Extra-Terrestrials

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  9. Let me be the first to say... by chowdy · · Score: 0, Funny

    One small step for a LAN, one giant leap for wifi.

  10. Nobody? OK by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I'll have to step up and take one for the team.

    In Soviet Russia, router launches you!

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  11. And around the world she goes by davidwr · · Score: 2, Funny

    As one satellite pings the router that's passing below in a different orbit:

    geostat1# ping spacerouter1
    Pinging spacerouter1 [300.300.300.300] with 128 bytes of data:

    Reply from 300.300.300.300: bytes=128 time1ms TTL=128
    Reply from 300.300.300.300: bytes=128 time 100ms TTL=128
    Reply from 300.300.300.300: bytes=128 time 700 TTL=128
    Request timed out. ...
    Request timed out.
    Reply from 300.300.300.300: bytes=128 time 700 TTL=128
    Reply from 300.300.300.300: bytes=128 time 100ms TTL=128
    Reply from 300.300.300.300: bytes=128 time1ms TTL=128

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  12. 1st Lame Star Trek Ref? by Evil+W1zard · · Score: 4, Funny

    DOD To Boldy Route Where No Man Has Routed Before.... These are the voyages of the Star switch Cisco...

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  13. spaceroute!!! by servertary · · Score: 2, Funny

    spaceroute!!!

  14. log-in? by ElephanTS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone want to take a bet they leave the default security settings on so you can hack in using the admin/password combo?

    Works for my neighbor!

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  15. Re:This can't be the first time by inviolet · · Score: 2, Funny

    NASA has been investigating using TCP/IP for communications with satellite since at least 2000 ...

    Well, Blackboard Software had better hurry and file another patent then: "Method of sharing educational media... on the internet... in space!"

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  16. That's no moon . . . by cashman73 · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . it's a Network Operations Center !

  17. Re:astounding.. by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 2, Funny

    using an elevator made of carbon nanotubes, duh.

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  18. Giving new meaning ... by upside · · Score: 2, Funny

    to "star topology".

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