ESA Working To Establish Commercial Communication / Navigation Infrastructure In Cislunar Space

Recognizing Inevitable Data Needs Of The Growing Lunar Movement, ESA Formulating Design Of Interoperable Network Of Satellites Around Moon As Project Moonlight With Pair Of Industry Consortiums Led By SSTL (UK) And Telespazio (Italy); Envisioned Constellation To Relay Communications / Telemetry Data To / From Surfaces Of Earth And Moon Via Standard Protocols: Initially Through Single Intermediary, SSTL-Built Lunar Pathfinder Aiming For 2024 Launch To MSP-Focused Elliptical Orbit, Utilizing Earth Orbit-Based Satnav Signals, S-band, UHF, X-band; Later Incorporating Gateway And Other Ventures

Credits: ESA, SSTL,Telespazio