On November 23rd, 2009 Intelsat 14 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, complete with a payload demonstrating Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) for the U.S. military. IRIS is the first dedicated  U.S. military payload to reach orbit on a commercial satellite. RKF performed an initial engineering and integration assessment study (EIA) for IRIS to provide an in-orbit demonstration of the feasibility of a space-based Internet Protocol (IP) routing communications system. RKF also provided system engineering expertise for the IRIS project to both the DoD and Cisco Systems as well as providing the payload systems engineering for the project.  Additional RKF responsibilities for the IRIS project included  feasibility analysis, system design, supplier interface, system integration, SWAP assessment, link & coverage analysis, air interface definition, design tradeoffs and roadmaps. A joint press release from Intelsat and Cisco Systems detailing the launch of Intelsat 14 and the IRIS payload can be found at: Internet Routing Blasts Into Space.