Blockchain and radio communications over suborbital spaceflights: Watchtowers and Mystics

TL;DR

This paper explores a blockchain-based communication framework for suborbital spaceflights, utilizing ground nodes classified as Watchtowers and Mystics to enhance security and reliability in satellite-ground communication.

Contribution

It introduces a novel blockchain architecture with specialized ground nodes to improve secure data distribution in space communication networks.

Findings

Secure and reliable data distribution achieved via blockchain.

Ground nodes classified into Watchtowers and Mystics for network management.

Enhanced communication robustness in spaceflight scenarios.

Abstract

The communication between ground and satellites is tough due to long distances and interferences in the propagation medium. Using the blockchain technology and a series of ground nodes, information can be distributed in a secure and reliable way. The satellite discovers nearby ground stations and sends the information that it is verified with other nodes present in the same network. Ground nodes are classified into two types, master (Watchtowers) and working (Mystics) nodes. The Watchtower controls the entering gate of new nodes to the network and the distribution of information between the working nodes.