Protected multi-operators payload operations with private telemetry and command

A method for protected multi-operators payload operations, the method comprising:

• transmitting, by a hosted payload (HoP) operation center (HOC), encrypted hosted commands;
• transmitting, by a host spacecraft operations center (SOC), encrypted host commands to a vehicle, wherein the encrypted host commands are encrypted utilizing a first communications security (COMSEC) variety and the encrypted hosted commands are encrypted utilizing a second COMSEC variety;
• decrypting, by a first communication security module, the encrypted host commands utilizing the first COMSEC variety to generate unencrypted host commands;
• decrypting, by a second communication security module, the encrypted hosted commands utilizing the second COMSEC variety to generate the unencrypted hosted commands;
• reconfiguring a payload according to the unencrypted host commands and the unencrypted hosted commands;
• transmitting, by a payload antenna on the vehicle, payload data to a host receiving antenna and a hosted receiving antenna;
• encrypting, by the first communication security module, unencrypted host telemetry utilizing the first COMSEC variety to generate encrypted host telemetry;
• transmitting, by a host telemetry transmitter, the encrypted host telemetry to the host SOC;
• encrypting, by the second communication security module, unencrypted hosted telemetry utilizing the second COMSEC variety to generate encrypted hosted telemetry;
• and
• transmitting, by a hosted telemetry transmitter, the encrypted hosted telemetry.