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Space / Cislunar / Extended Networks
DERECHO is developing rocket hardware and an extended-network architecture for focused cislunar mission concepts, built on the same conviction as the rest of the portfolio: the link will fail, and the mission cannot.
Illustrative concept · AI-generated · Notional architecture, not to scale. No DERECHO article has flown; no satellite, constellation, or lunar relay is deployed or operational.
The Focused Stack
Designed as complementary development layers. A conceptual portfolio relationship, not an integrated or operational system.
Deployment
FARSIDERocket hardware in fabrication, the physical layer of the concept stack.
Relay & extended network
ASTERISMNetwork-governance architecture designed to move decisions on board through contact loss.
Local networking
FORGEMESHThe tactical-edge governance core that the orbital tier is designed to extend.
Operator layer
OVERWATCH
Ground and operator tier of the mesh architecture, in development.
Operating Picture
Notional operating regions for systems in development. Nothing shown is a real trajectory, deployment, or fielded node.
Concept Mission Thread
A notional pathway from physical rocket hardware to an extended relay architecture, how DERECHO thinks about pairing deployment and network layers as one mission concept.
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FARSIDE rocket hardware in fabrication, the physical layer of the concept.
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A notional pathway from hardware to an appropriate operating region. Design intent only.
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A conceptual ASTERISM-governed node designed to decide on board when, how, and where to move data.
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Data designed to be held under custody through occlusion and forwarded when a link opens.
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The concept objective: trusted data movement for lunar-adjacent operations, including where no direct line of sight to Earth exists.
FARSIDE → RELAY is an illustrative mission concept describing design intent across developmental DERECHO hardware and software. It does not represent a fielded, contracted, or operational service.
Extended Network Architecture
Spacecraft today are governed from the ground. When the link degrades, or when two thousand kilometers of Moon block it entirely, most systems wait.
ASTERISM is designed to move network governance on board: nodes intended to reassign roles, arbitrate resources, and preserve custody of data autonomously through contact gaps, then reconcile when contact returns. When no path exists, data is designed to be held under custody and forwarded the moment a link opens.
It extends the FORGEMESH governance architecture DERECHO is developing at the tactical edge, one design language from the squad to the far side.
Development status: software architecture in development. No ASTERISM article has flown; no on-orbit demonstration has been conducted.
Relay-node concept. AI-assisted illustration; system in development.
Focus
On the far side of the Moon there is no line of sight to Earth. DERECHO is developing extended-network concepts for moving trusted data out of occluded volumes where a direct link cannot exist.
A notional hardware-to-network pathway: rocket hardware and relay architecture developed together so a node concept and its ride are designed as one thread.
At cislunar range, light-time delay makes ground-in-the-loop control impractical. ASTERISM is designed to hold mission behavior, data custody, and role decisions on board across contact gaps.
One governance architecture in development from worn sensors to aircraft to orbit, so the network tier above extends the same design rather than a new stack.
Concept Media
Some imagery on this website is rendered, illustrative, or produced with AI-assisted tools and may depict concepts rather than completed capabilities, conducted tests, or actual operations. No government endorsement is implied.
Development Reality
FARSIDE is a rocket-hardware program with physical articles in fabrication. ASTERISM is an extended-network architecture in development, validated so far in software on the ground.
The diagrams on this page show intended system relationships; concept imagery does not establish operational maturity, and exact configurations may change as development proceeds. That is the point of saying so plainly: when DERECHO claims a cislunar capability, it will be because the capability exists.
DERECHO is a private company. Nothing on this website implies endorsement, sponsorship, approval, certification, or affiliation by the United States Government, the Department of Defense, any military service, or any government agency.
Contact
Government mission planners, integration partners, payload and communications developers, and qualified suppliers. We welcome the conversation at the concept stage.