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title: "NASA Selects Lunar Communications Deployment and Power Components"
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description: "NASA selected SpaceX to deploy communications satellites into cislunar space aboard Starship in 2028. The November 7 announcement also assigned lunar…"
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# NASA Selects Lunar Communications Deployment and Power Components

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[NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) selected [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/) to deploy communications satellites into cislunar space aboard Starship in 2028. The [November 7 announcement](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-moon-base-transportation-technology-science-projects/) also assigned lunar power-component work to Honeybee Robotics, Redwire, and Yank Technologies.

The Starship assignment is a communications deployment demonstration. It will support development of networks connecting lunar operations with mission controllers.

The surface project, miniCAST, combines communications and power functions. Honeybee Robotics will supply energy-storage capability, Redwire provides power generation, and Yank Technologies will contribute wireless power-transfer hardware.

These components address separate functions: producing electricity, retaining energy for later use, and transferring power to equipment. [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/)’s Marshall Space Flight Center will assemble and test the systems.

[NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) also plans a separate solicitation for integrated power systems in early 2027.