Lockheed Martin Subsidiary to Provide Lunar Communication and Navigation Network

Lockheed Martin has established a subsidiary called Crescent Space Services that will offer communications and navigation services for government and commercial lunar missions. The service, called Parsec, will use satellites designed and built by Lockheed Martin, using a bus called Curio it developed for NASA’s Janus and Lunar Trailblazer smallsat missions. The first satellites are projected to launch in 2025. Crescent Space Services will own and operate the satellites, marketing their services to customers.