Communications · Projected milestone
Interplanetary internet
Estimated year~2035
60% by 2040 · including earlier years
The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.
Delay-tolerant laser relays connect Earth, Moon and Mars.
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Milestone stage: milestone (legacy definition)
Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.
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- High-bandwidth Mars linkForecast · ~2037enables
- Mars navigation and time networkForecast · ~2045enables
- Self-navigating deep-space craftForecast · ~2046enables
- A social network across planetsForecast · ~2075enables
- Shared worlds across the solar systemForecast · ~2080enables
- Interplanetary tradeForecast · ~2085enables
- Light-delay softwareForecast · ~2088enables
- Interplanetary quantum keysForecast · ~2093requires
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.