A conjunction-proof deep space communications and AI infrastructure proposal.
Every 26 months, the Sun blocks all communication between Earth and Mars for 2–8 weeks. TIN eliminates that blackout with 5–6 satellites: 3 in polar heliocentric orbits and 2–3 at Sun-Earth Lagrange points. The worst-case relay adds only 6 minutes of latency — replacing weeks of silence.
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🌐 Interactive visualization (download and open locally)
📊 Supporting data — CSVs, technical audit, and coverage analysis
| Satellites | 5–6 (3 polar relay + 2–3 Lagrange AI hubs) |
| Availability | 99.9%+ (conjunction-proof) |
| Optical Bandwidth | 1–10 Gbps per link |
| Latency | 3–27 light-minutes (one-way) |
| Deployment | Phase 0 lunar relay ~2029, full network ~2032 |
| Cost | ~$2.5–3B (realistic mid-range) |
v0.2 (February 2026) — Lunar-first reframe, technical corrections, 16 citations. See commit history for changes from v0.1.
Open proposal. Not affiliated with SpaceX, NASA, or any agency.
Offered in the public interest.
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5. Commit message: `Update README for v0.2`
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README.md ← updated LICENSE The_Interplanetary_Network_Proposal.md ← now v0.2 The_Interplanetary_Network_Proposal.docx ← v0.1 docx (keep for now) interplanetary_network_viz.html data/ README.md CombinedNetworkPerf.csv SatBusDesign.csv CommSuite.csv LatencyAnalysis.csv Delta-VBudget.csv LaunchVehicleComp.csv DeployTimelines.csv CostBreakdown.csv TotalProgramCost.csv GeometricCoverageAnalysis.csv TINv0_2Audit.md