Space communication protocols

A system, comprising:

• a ground station;
• and
• a satellite, comprising:
• a communication link interface;
• and
• at least one processor and at least one memory including data that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to support multiple tenant applications in a multi-tenancy cloud-computing environment, and wherein two or more tenant applications of the multiple tenant applications establish isolated communication link channels with the ground station utilizing the communication link interface,
• wherein a first tenant application in the two or more tenant applications establishes a first communication link channel, wherein a second tenant application in the two or more tenant applications establishes a second communication link channel, and wherein the first communication link channel utilizes a different security protocol than the second communication link channel, and
• wherein the satellite is configured to transmit an emergency telecommand to another satellite.

A satellite, comprising:

• a payload that generates payload data;
• at least one tenant application;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including data that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to;
• process commands from multiple users according to a same protocol, and access the payload data, the payload, or both based on the processed commands;
• generate a routing table indicative of characteristics of a shortest communication link between the satellite and one or more neighboring satellites;
• and
• dynamically update the routing table based on at least one of information received from the one or more neighboring satellites, information received from a ground station, or internal computation of a location of the one or more neighboring satellites, wherein the satellite is configured to transmit an emergency telecommand to another satellite.