title: NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNICATIONS IN NEAR SPACE
abstract: With the increasing importance of space technologies and the commercialization of low Earth orbit, the need for a resilient and scalable communication architecture is becoming critical. Modern missions and satellite networks require continuous and secure connectivity between objects in orbit and ground stations. The proposed network architecture integrates orbital communication nodes, inter-satellite links, and adaptive protocols such as Delay-Tolerant Networking to ensure reliability under high