DARKSOL: Towards a Cloud-Native Platform for Space Applications
summary
Darksol describes a functioning design that runs containerised apps on clustered satellites with a stable intra‑cluster link and DTN links between clusters, demonstrating a HelmDTN plugin that packages charts and sends them via microDTN to a local registry, then deploys with Helm; shows VM control plane for zero‑touch updates, a lightweight hypervisor for tenant isolation, and handles Mars‑scale delays (about 22 minutes one‑way) with autonomous lifecycle and rollback support in a planned prototype.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 1:54Challenges in space cloud tech
- 3:18DARKSOL research project overview
- 4:43Space cloud cluster concept
- 7:12Meta model for space apps
- 7:54Update mechanism for satellites
- 10:24Delay tolerant app deployment
- 12:28Demo and tech talk reference
- 12:49Summary and next steps
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