With the purchase of Scientific-Atlanta, we've learned yesterday that Cisco Systems wants to come to our houses via our TVs. But Cisco also wants to go further and has already put a special router in orbit. The Cisco Low Earth Orbit (CLEO) project uses a customized version of Cisco's Mobile Access Router, typically used to connect computer equipment to an IP network. It was launched in 2003 and is still operational. With CLEO, military personnel can receive images from satellites on their laptops and send commands to the device over IP. Even if the router has been specifically modified for space, it's still using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology which is far cheaper than the devices currently used by big satellite companies. Read more...
Sources: Phil Hochmuth, Network World, November 17, 2005; and various douments from Cisco
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