Transparent satellite routing system and method

A computer-implemented method for satellite data routing, the method implemented by a satellite routing (SR) computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving a first network data packet including a first destination IP address and a first data payload over a first network interface communicatively coupled to a first production network, wherein the first destination IP address is associated with a second production network and the first production network is routed based on border gateway protocol;
• retrieving transport network routing information from a routing table stored within a memory based at least in part on the first destination IP address included in the first network data packet, wherein the routing table includes destination IP address rules and transport network routing information;
• encrypting the first data payload and the first destination IP address, as a first encrypted payload, using an encryption key associated with the first and second production network;
• generating a first transport packet for the first network data packet, the first transport packet including the first encrypted payload, and the transport network routing information, wherein the transport network routing information includes instructions for the first transport packet to be routed over at least one satellite link;
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• transmitting the first transport packet through a second network interface communicatively coupled to a transport network based at least in part on the transport network routing information, wherein the transport network is routed based on multiprotocol label switching.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media for satellite data routing, the computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein, when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:

• receive a first network data packet including a first destination IP address and a first data payload over a first network interface communicatively coupled to a first production network, wherein the first destination IP address is associated with a second production network and the first production network is routed based on border gateway protocol;
• retrieve transport network routing information from a routing table stored within a memory based at least in part on the first destination IP address included in the first network data packet, wherein the routing table includes destination IP address rules and transport network routing information;
• encrypting the first data payload and the first destination IP address, as a first encrypted payload, using an encryption key associated with the first and second production network;
• generate a first transport packet for the first network data packet, the first transport packet including the first encrypted payload, and the transport network routing information, wherein the transport network routing information includes instructions for the first transport packet to be routed over at least one satellite link;
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• transmit the first transport packet through a second network interface communicatively coupled to a transport network based at least in part on the transport network routing information, wherein the transport network is routed based on multiprotocol label switching.