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EMMT

Navigation · Communications · Trade Infrastructure

Trusted navigation and signal for the cislunar economy.

EMMT builds the beacons, links, and standards that let operators navigate, communicate, and trade safely across cislunar space — from asteroid mining fleets to lunar surface logistics.

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  • S-BAND RF
  • CCSDS
  • LunaNet

Product Line

Infrastructure you can build on

A focused product line for navigation and communications in cislunar space — anchored by the EMMT Beacon, with a roadmap toward a full relay network.

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EMMT Beacon

A penetrator-deployed navigation and communications beacon for lunar surface and asteroid operations.

  • Precision navigation

    One-way ranging and timing references for spacecraft, rovers, and crews operating beyond GPS coverage.

  • Resilient S-band comms

    Telemetry and command over a hardened 2.2 GHz S-band link with ≥14.6 dB margin across mission scenarios.

  • Standards-native

    CCSDS Proximity-1 and LunaNet (LNIS v5) compatible for interoperable cislunar networks.

  • Built for deep space

    Radiation-tolerant COTS avionics and a passive thermal design for the −183 to +120 °C lunar environment and high-g penetrator impact.

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Concept render: a cluster of EMMT Beacon nodes deployed across the lunar surface, linked by S-band signal paths, as a CLPS lander descends toward them.
Concept render
Total mass
3.3 kg
Power
0.35 W avg · 5 W TX
Frequency
S-band · 2.2 GHz
Data rate
1–10 kbps
Protocols
CCSDS Proximity-1 · LunaNet
Ranging
<100 m one-way

Specifications reflect the current design baseline and are preliminary — values will evolve as the EMMT Beacon moves through prototyping and flight qualification.

Roadmap

The beacon platform scales through deployment variants that reuse the same core hardware. These are conceptual and sequenced after the flagship’s first lunar flight — timelines depend on funding and mission outcomes.

Concept

Beacon L2 — Orbital Release

Deployment Variant

Adds a retro-rocket so the beacon can deploy from any low-lunar-orbit spacecraft — no descending lander required.

Independent of a landing carrier

Concept

Beacon L3 — Network Carrier

Constellation

A dedicated carrier seeds multiple beacons in a single mission, standing up wide-area surface PNT infrastructure.

3–10 beacons per mission

Concept

Beacon A1 — Asteroid

Small-Body Variant

Adapts the beacon for micro-gravity asteroid surfaces with a redesigned anchoring approach for small-body operations.

Deferred pending lunar flight heritage

About EMMT

Owner-operated, mission-driven, and built for deep space

Mission

To make cislunar space navigable and connected — delivering the navigation, timing, and communications infrastructure that lets commercial operators work safely beyond Earth orbit.

Vision

A thriving Earth–Moon–Mars economy where every spacecraft, rover, and depot can find its position and stay in contact — built on open, interoperable standards.

Founded
2023
Headquarters
Fort White, FL
Structure
Owner-operated
Focus
Cislunar nav & comms

Capabilities

Capabilities as a small business

The reach of a prime with the speed and accountability of a small, owner-operated team — across the full navigation and communications stack.

Agile by design

A small, senior team that moves from concept to prototype fast — with direct access to decision-makers on every call.

Aerospace software

Flight and ground software for navigation, telemetry, and command — built to spaceflight reliability standards.

Hardware prototyping

Rapid board-level and integration prototyping to close the loop between firmware, RF, and mechanical design.

RF & S-band comms

Link design, S-band radio integration, and test for resilient communications in the deep-space environment.

CCSDS & LunaNet protocols

Standards-native engineering for interoperable cislunar networks and future LunaNet services.

SBIR experience

Direct SBIR/STTR experience from proposal through execution — including serving as Principal Investigator on a U.S. SOCOM Phase I SBIR.

Regulatory navigation

Comfortable steering FCC licensing and spectrum coordination for commercial space communications.

Systems engineering

Requirements, interfaces, and verification managed end-to-end so subsystems integrate the first time.

Owner-operated

Deep technical ownership and accountability — the people who design the system are the ones who answer for it.

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Leadership

Daniel Ashley

Founder & Principal Engineer

Daniel Ashley founded EMMT and leads its engineering. His work spans embedded systems, robotics, RF/communications, and hardware–software integration, including years as a Robotics Engineer at Intelligent Automation, Inc. — a prolific SBIR research firm — through its 2021 acquisition by BlueHalo, where he served as Principal Investigator on a U.S. SOCOM Phase I SBIR. A University of South Florida graduate, he has led the EMMT Beacon program from initial concept through CONOPS definition and SDR-based hardware proof-of-concept.

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