Security-by-Design for Cross-Constellation Satellite Communications

Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN or "Space Bacon") is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, which is pursuing a new generation of cross-constellation space communications that involve commercial and government constellations. Today's optical...

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Main Authors: Vai, Michael, Ramakrishnan, Shankararaman, Greco, Joseph, Hayes, Christopher, Jeromin, Lori, Ulmer, Todd, Moores, John, Tower, Jonah, Butterfield, Michael, Kuperman, Gregory
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Command and control systems
command-and-control
Computer security
cross-constellation
Distance measurement
Government
Military communication
Optical fiber communication
optical intersatellite link
optical terminal
Protocols
Satellite communications
Satellites
security-by-design
Space communications
upgradability
zero trust
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Summary:Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN or "Space Bacon") is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, which is pursuing a new generation of cross-constellation space communications that involve commercial and government constellations. Today's optical intersatellite link (OISL) protocols cannot communicate across constellation systems, thereby creating islands of connectivity. Space-BACN is pioneering several fundamental building blocks for interoperable cross-constellation space communications, ranging from a low-cost, reconfigurable high data-rate OISL terminal to a robust command and control mechanism for cross-constellation access. In this paper, we give an overview of Space-BACN and describe the application of a zero-trust based security-by-design approach to address unique cybersecurity challenges in cross-constellation operations and ensure its fieldability.
ISSN:2155-7586
DOI:10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024.10773987