Close The International Space Station (ISS) may experience faster communications between them in the low-earth orbit and the crew in the ground, thanks to the relay satellite of SpaceLink. The North Virginia-based company that builds communications superhighways for the space economy said that it is expected to perform the demonstration of its relay satellite in 2024. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The International Space Station (ISS) is backdropped over Miami, Florida, in this 35mm frame photographed by STS-108 Commander Dominic Gorie aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on Dec. 15, 2001. StarLink Gets Funding To Demonstrate Relay Satellite for the ISS In a news release published by SpaceLink in PR Newswire, the company announced that the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), which manages the US National Laboratory for the ISS, selected them for a funded demonstration of its end-to-end relay satellite service. Hopefully, this will provide secure, continuous, and high-capacity communications between the spacecraft and the ground.