{"id":6270,"date":"2024-12-05T22:33:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/intuitive-machines-partners-with-johns-hopkins-apl-for-lunar-communications-and-navigation\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T22:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:33:51","slug":"intuitive-machines-partners-with-johns-hopkins-apl-for-lunar-communications-and-navigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/intuitive-machines-partners-with-johns-hopkins-apl-for-lunar-communications-and-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Intuitive Machines Partners with Johns Hopkins APL for Lunar Communications and Navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/intit_c_638689721106049674.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Intuitive Machines Partners with Johns Hopkins APL for Lunar Communications and Navigation\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/intit_c_638689721106049674.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/intit_c_638689721106049674.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has announced it has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to advance safe, secure, and reliable lunar communications and navigation infrastructure in cislunar space. Cislunar space encompasses the region of space that extends from Earth\u2019s gravitational influence to the Moon\u2019s surface, including its orbit out to over 2 million kilometers distance.<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, Johns Hopkins University APL intends to collaborate with Intuitive Machines to determine potential hardware applications that could benefit the United States. Intuitive Machines may adapt these advancements for commercial use, furthering its leadership in the cislunar economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership is the leap toward establishing safe, secure, and reliable communications and navigation around the Moon, an area where we believe technology advancement is needed,\u201d said <strong>Intuiti<\/strong><strong>ve Machines CEO Steve Altemus<\/strong>. \u201cAPL has a strong history of advancing solutions to critical challenges in defense, national security, and space exploration. We\u2019re excited to combine APL\u2019s innovation with Intuitive Machines\u2019 proven cislunar expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCislunar space is critical to our nation,\u201d said <strong>Bobby Braun, head of APL\u2019s Space Exploration Sector<\/strong>. \u201cThe combined technical strength of Johns Hopkins APL and Intuitive Machines holds the promise to dramatically accelerate the achievement of America\u2019s scientific, exploration, and security objectives in cislunar space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This partnership further advances Intuitive Machines\u2019 vision for building cislunar infrastructure, providing a critical foundation for space domain awareness, data transmission, and navigation services. These efforts align with the Company\u2019s Near Space Network Services contract with NASA to deploy a constellation of lunar data relay and navigation satellites around the Moon. The lunar constellation is central to Intuitive Machines\u2019 strategy to commercialize the Moon, supporting international customers, commercial ventures, and NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign. The contract introduces a pay-by-the-minute service model focused on scalable data transmission and navigation services, a significant step that the Company believes will boost margin potential through a subscription-like revenue model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has announced it has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to advance safe, secure, and reliable lunar communications and navigation infrastructure in cislunar space. 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