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Route across providers
Choose from available ground, relay, RF, optical, or partner paths based on mission policy instead of wiring every mission to one vendor.
MULTI-NETWORK
PROVIDER-NEUTRAL · DTN-NATIVE · MULTI-LINK MISSION NETWORKING
THE INTERNET
SHOULD NOT STOP
AT EARTH.
OffWorld Grid is a future commercial network layer for missions that cross clouds, ground stations, satellites, relays, lunar infrastructure, surface networks, and deep-space links. It does not try to own every antenna or constellation. It makes the pieces behave like one network.
Provider-neutralroute across available networks
Store & forwarddisruption is expected
Edge-awarecompute near mission endpoints
Standards-ledinteroperate instead of replace
● OFFWORLD GRID · NETWORK TOPOLOGY
ILLUSTRATIVE SYSTEM VIEW
EARTH EDGEcloud · ground · mission control
ORBITAL RELAYRF · optical · provider mesh
LUNAR EDGEsurface cache · local routing
DEEP-SPACE QUEUEDTN · long-delay forwarding
EarthGROUND + CLOUD
OrbitRELAY + MESH
MoonCISLUNAR + SURFACE
Mars+DEEP-SPACE DTN
Current-domain check: search did not surface an indexed OffWorldGrid.com product website. So this is intentionally greenfield. The technical foundation is real, though: NASA describes DTN as a foundational capability for a Solar System Internet, and says DTN became operational in both its Near Space Network and Deep Space Network after completion of the multi-center project in January 2026.
Why a grid layer exists
MISSIONS SHOULDN’T HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND EVERY NETWORK.
Space communications are becoming a multi-provider environment. The hard software problem is orchestration: identity, route selection, contact planning, storage, priorities, failover, edge compute, data policy, observability, and billing across links that may not exist at the same moment.
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Store through disruption
When a link disappears, data waits at a trusted node instead of failing because the destination is not currently reachable.
DTN-NATIVE
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Compute at the edge
Cache, filter, prioritize, compress, and synchronize near spacecraft, relay, habitat, or surface endpoints to avoid wasting scarce links.
EDGE
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Expose one mission API
Let operators request service intent — priority, delivery deadline, security, destination, budget — while the grid handles path execution.
NETWORK OS
Five network layers
ONE GRID.
DIFFERENT PHYSICS.
The network has to behave differently in a datacenter, LEO, cislunar space, a lunar habitat, and a Mars transfer. Choose a layer to see the job it performs.
Choose a layer
OffWorld Grid stack
These are product architecture concepts, not claims of an operational network.
GRID LAYER
Interactive route simulator
THE “BEST” PATH DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DATA NEEDS.
A crew-health alert, a bulk science dataset, and a software update should not receive identical routing behavior. The demo below shows how destination, urgency, disruption, and path type change the network plan.
Commercial architecture
DON’T BUILD ANOTHER CONSTELLATION.
BUILD THE LAYER ABOVE THEM.
OffWorld Grid is strongest as infrastructure software: neutral between providers, deeply aware of contacts and disruption, and useful from Earth cloud to deep-space edge.
Mission Identity
Endpoint identity, credentials, policy domains, data classification, authorization, and service entitlements.
Contact Graph
Known and predicted communication windows, provider availability, topology, route constraints, and schedules.
DTN Router
Bundle-aware store-and-forward routing for intermittent connectivity, long delays, one-way periods, and multi-hop delivery.
Edge Runtime
Onboard or surface caching, filtering, queue management, compression, policy execution, and autonomous local decisions.
Mission API
Applications specify intent and deadlines; the grid exposes route status, delivery receipts, path changes, and usage.
Provider Exchange
Normalize provider services, SLAs, pricing, capacity, contacts, and reservation interfaces into a common abstraction.
Observability
End-to-end queue depth, custody state, route health, latency budget, congestion, delivery confidence, and anomaly alerts.
Policy Engine
Mission priority, security, cost ceilings, sovereign/data constraints, preferred providers, and graceful-degradation rules.
Billing & Audit
Usage metering, provider settlement, mission chargeback, immutable delivery records, and auditability across the route.
Developer SDK
Make applications network-aware without requiring every software team to become experts in every space link protocol.
Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking
THE NETWORK ASSUMES THE LINK WILL BREAK.
NASA describes DTN as a suite of protocols for end-to-end delivery through networks where links can be delayed or disrupted. CCSDS describes the Bundle Protocol as the main internetworking protocol in the Solar System Internetwork concept, using message-oriented store-and-forward behavior.
✓Store-and-forward instead of continuous end-to-end dependency
✓Designed for intermittent links and long delay
✓Can span heterogeneous communication systems
✓Routing can use predicted/scheduled contacts
LunaNet interoperability
THE MOON IS ALREADY MOVING TOWARD A NETWORK MODEL.
NASA’s LunaNet framework is explicitly designed around interoperable communications and navigation services from multiple providers. OffWorld Grid should complement standards-based systems like this as orchestration software, never imply ownership of LunaNet or replacement of public standards.
✓Open, service-oriented network thinking
✓Multiple commercial and government providers
✓Communications + PNT + shared information services
✓Interoperability depends on agreed standards/interfaces
What this company should never fake
THE BRAND CAN BE FUTURISTIC.
THE CLAIMS HAVE TO STAY PHYSICAL.
A space-infrastructure site can lose credibility instantly by presenting fictional operational capacity as current fact. The concept stays explicit about what exists today and what the product would need to build or integrate.
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No owned constellation claim
The site does not claim OffWorld Grid owns satellites, relays, ground stations, lunar towers, or deep-space assets.
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No NASA / LunaNet affiliation
NASA and LunaNet are referenced only as standards/architecture context. No partnership, certification, or government endorsement is implied.
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No fake latency promises
Physics wins. Light-time, contact geometry, weather, capacity, and provider state shape every route.
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Standards before lock-in
The network should use interoperable standards wherever practical so mission customers are not trapped inside one proprietary path.
Mission intake
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO CONNECT?
This prototype turns a mission/network requirement into a concise engineering intake brief. A production company would then map that requirement to providers, standards, edge nodes, security, and a route architecture.
Product boundaries
WHAT OFFWORLD GRID
IS — AND ISN’T.
Not in this concept. It is a provider-neutral network orchestration and edge-software layer designed to work across commercial and government communication assets.
No. Starlink is a specific satellite connectivity network. OffWorld Grid is imagined as software that can route across different providers and link types rather than being a single access network.
Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking is a standards-based networking approach designed for environments where continuous end-to-end connectivity cannot be assumed. Data can be stored at nodes and forwarded when links become available.
No affiliation is claimed. LunaNet is referenced because its interoperable, multi-provider approach to lunar communications/navigation is relevant technical architecture. A real product could seek standards compatibility without pretending to be LunaNet.
Yes. NASA says DTN is operational in its Near Space Network and Deep Space Network following completion of the multi-center DTN Project in January 2026.
The value proposition is abstraction and continuity: one mission API, multi-provider routing, contact planning, store-and-forward, edge policy, observability, and provider exchange instead of rebuilding those capabilities per mission.
OffWorld Grid
ONE NETWORK INTENT.
WHATEVER PATH EXISTS NEXT.
Earth cloud. Ground station. Orbital relay. Lunar edge. Mars queue. The mission should ask for delivery — not manually stitch every hop together.