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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Momentus has a strategic partnership with Solstar for on-demand space communications.
Solstar Space Company’s Deke Space Communicator completed its initial on-orbit checkout and is operating nominally.
Solstar Space Company is developing next-generation lunar Wi-Fi access points under a NASA SBIR contract.
DARPA, the U.S. Space Force, the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, Portal, Orbit Fab, CisLunar Industries, DPhi, and Solstar Space are manifested to fly payloads on Vigoride 7.
Solstar’s solution will provide hardware engineered for radiation tolerance, thermal survivability, and low-SWaP constraints.
Solstar’s LWIFI-AP will support real-time mission data flow, navigation, and scientific collaboration.
The NASA SBIR contract with Solstar will support the development of a commercially viable product that meets space qualification and environmental hardening.
Solstar Space has been awarded a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $150,000 to develop a next-generation Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP) for the Artemis program and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiatives.
Brian Barnett is the founder and CEO of Solstar Space Company.
Solstar's proposed LWIFI-AP is designed to meet NASA’s demand for operating in extreme lunar conditions.
The Solstar LWIFI-AP will fill a key technology gap for NASA and its Artemis and CLPS contractors.
Solstar will provide advanced space-based communications products and services under the agreement.
Momentus and Solstar Space have reached a three-year reciprocal services agreement.
NASA awarded a $150,000 Phase I SBIR contract to Solstar Space Company to develop a next-generation Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP).
Solstar’s payload functions like a Wi-Fi hotspot in space, allowing communications with any Wi-Fi connected device on Earth.
Solstar Space and Momentus are partnering to combine their capabilities and jointly market in-space data relay and communications as well as in-space logistics.
Solstar has previously demonstrated its communications payload on three suborbital flights including two Blue Origin New Shepard flights.
Solstar and Momentus announced a three-year reciprocal services agreement worth up to $15 million to combine their space-based communication products and logistics services.
Momentus provides a versatile platform enhanced by Solstar's communications capability.
Solstar’s payload served as a Wi-Fi hotspot in space and sent the first commercial tweet from space.