Filecoin Foundation and Lockheed Martin Space have successfully transmitted data in space using a version of the Interplanetary Archives System (IPFS) in an Earth’s orbiting satellite, Marta Belcher, president of the Filecoin Foundation, told Cointelegraph.
Filecoin and Lockheed Martin adapted the system for use in space and tried it successfully, Belcher said during Consensus 2025 in Toronto.
The IPFS improves privacy and safety compared to traditional web protocols, such as HTTP, by identifying data based on its content instead of its location. This has additional benefits for data transmission in space, said Belcher.
“The architecture is suitable for space because it reduces delays, compensates for the corruption of data caused by radiation and allows cryptographic verification to guarantee that the data has not been handled,” he said.
The Foundation is a non -profit organization that governs the storage protocol in the Filecoin decentralized cloud (FIL), which uses the IPFS web protocol to store data. Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest aerospace companies.
Decentralized storage benefits
“There is a delay of several seconds from the moon and a delay of several minutes of Mars,” said Belcher.
“With IPFS, look for content identification and recover the data from where it is closer: its own device, a nearby satellite or a lunar station.”
In addition, the IPFS uses a distributed architecture to store multiple copies of data in a global network, reducing the dependence of centralized data centers.
These multiple copies of data improve reliability in environments where hardware is prone to degradation, which helps guarantee the integrity of sensitive materials such as satellite images, according to Belcher.
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Interest in decentralized file storage is growing between media companies, and the Foundation is also exploring possible military applications of this technology, said Belcher.
“It could be really powerful for the media in general to have that deep file and also the ability to have its records worldwide when necessary,” he said.
The Token Fil is a utility token that can be used within the Filecoin ecosystem. It has a total market capitalization of approximately $ 1.8 billion to May 16, according to cointelegraph data.
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