Solstar Space is a commercial space-based connectivity company that pioneers persistent communication services for on-orbit assets like satellites, space stations, and launch vehicles. They develop space-ready WiFi solutions, including WiFi access points and satellite transceivers, facilitating a secure internet connection between spacecraft and Earth. Solstar's services support commercial space companies, international space agencies like NASA, and government/aerospace entities, enabling crew communications, payload integration, and remote operations in LEO, lunar orbit, and on the lunar surface. Key partners include Momentus, with plans to demonstrate on-orbit WiFi connectivity using Solstar's Deke Space Communicator on a SpaceX rideshare mission in 2026.
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Solstar has raised just over $204,000 through WeFunder.com and $300,000 from other investors.
Solstar is seeking to raise $800,000 in its current investment round.
On 2018-04-29, Solstar’s Schmitt Space Communicator on board New Shepard transmitted a message from above the Karman Line to test WiFi capabilities in space.
The 2018-04-29 New Shepard flight carried a payload from Solstar to demonstrate a wireless communications payload intended to provide wifi for future New Shepard passengers.
Payload customers on New Shepard Mission 8 included NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the commercial communications firm Solstar, and the first European customers funded by the German national space agency DLR.