Utilities

Distinctive on-orbit supply chains and physical infrastructure for common goods for use in-orbit

Child applications

• Power

  Electrically recharging a satellite using an intermediary (rather than directly from own spacecraft solar panels)

• Compute

  Provision of computing services (e.g. data processing, storage and servers) by in-orbit assets

• Policing

  Enforcement of regulations

• Communications

  Inter-satellite communications or space-to-ground relays

• PNT

  Positioning, navigation, and timing