Satellite network to connect Earth with moon's far side.
Lockheed Martin has created Crescent Space Services, a subsidiary aimed at operating a service-based network of communication and navigation satellites to support future missions to the moon. Crescent's satellite network, which the company is calling "Parsec," will be situated in cislunar orbit to enable continuous communications between Earth and areas around and on the moon, including the lunar south polar region. The first batch of Parsec satellites will launch as part of a rideshare in 2025, the same year NASA is planning to land astronauts on the moon's south pole as part of Artemis 3.
