Patent ID: 6934609

Claim:
A spacecraft network, the network comprising: a first server spacecraft disposed in a first server orbit; a first client spacecraft disposed in a first client orbit; a wireless local area network formed between at least the first server spacecraft and the first client spacecraft, the wireless local area network comprising: at least one communication channel to transmit and receive spatial information between at least the first server spacecraft and the first client spacecraft, the spatial information indicative of at least a first server position and a first server orientation of the first server spacecraft and a first client position and a first client orientation of the first client spacecraft; at least one receiver to receive a first communication signal including at least routing information, the routing information including at least a destination spacecraft as a destination of the first communication signal; at least one routing system to determine a desired route from a plurality of routes to transmit the first communication signal to the destination spacecraft, each of the plurality of routes corresponding to a plurality of path spacecrafts; at least one transmitter to transmit the first communication signal based upon the desired route and the spatial information of the plurality of path spacecrafts of the desired route; wherein the first client spacecraft is free from the at least one routing system; the first server spacecraft includes one of the at least one routing system.