--- title: Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era description: Papermoon is a new open source project creating a standardized, space-grade Linux distribution to replace the bespoke, one-off software stacks that have... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/papermoon-a-space-grade-linux-for-the-newspace-era-wtbh7rnyk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era | daily.dev og:description: Papermoon is a new open source project creating a standardized, space-grade Linux distribution to replace the bespoke, one-off software stacks that have... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/papermoon-a-space-grade-linux-for-the-newspace-era-wtbh7rnyk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WtbH7RnyK.png og:image:alt: Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Papermoon is a new open source project creating a standardized, space-grade Linux distribution to replace the bespoke, one-off software stacks that have traditionally powered satellites and spacecraft. Built on Yocto/OpenEmbedded and incubated within the Linux Foundation's ELISA initiative, Papermoon aims to provide a shared foundational layer for the NewSpace industry, similar to how open source transformed the drone ecosystem. The project targets radiation-tolerant hardware including RISC-V boards and space-designed platforms, with plans to transition from ELISA incubation to its own foundation with member-driven governance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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