Interplanetary Dairy

Network book 04Chilled 0–4°C

Earthside supply for inhabited routes

Dairy for the inhabited route.

We plan and carry milk, cultured products, cheese, butter, and frozen goods to orbital stations and lunar settlements. For Mars, scheduled cold lots travel with local production support.

Open the commissary index
Service area
Earthside · Orbit · Luna · Mars
Current hold
+2.8°C · Nominal
A cow courier pilots a refrigerated delivery craft toward an orbital station above Earth.
Front plate Courier unit 12 approaching Orbital Ring 4

The provision network · Plate 01

From source room to settlement galley.

Finished goods travel where transit and storage permit. Longer routes carry a different balance of durable dairy, starter cultures, packaging stock, and selected refrigerated lots. Every handoff remains attached to the original temperature record.

E-00 · Source rooms

Earthside

Creamery intake, consolidation, pre-cooling, and launch packing.

To orbit
72 hours
Frequency
Tue / Fri

O-11 · Transfer

Low orbit

Direct commissary replenishment and onward lunar staging.

Standard load
Full dairy case
Dock hold
+2.8°C

L-22 · Receiving hub

Luna

Weekly settlement service with reinforced cups and controlled frozen allocation.

Transit
8 days
Frequency
Weekly

M-40 · Production network

Mars

Culture banks, local finishing rooms, and refrigerated settlement loops.

Line 04
Transfer window
CC-04 status
Moisture check pending
Finished chilled and frozen goods Cultures and production stock

Line 04 chilled allotments are confirmed after habitat storage, medical cargo, culture-bank, and CC-04 requirements.

A cow courier supervises refrigerated containers loading into a cargo shuttle beside an Earthside creamery.
Field plate E-00 Earthside dispatch begins at the source room.

Lots are consolidated, pre-cooled, sealed, and paired with a thermal record before the vehicle arrives at the launch apron.

Settlement commissary · Plate 02

A full dairy case, adjusted for the route.

Menus are planned around resident count, service interval, refrigerated volume, and established local production. Pack sizes shown are standard; galley formats are available by route.

Standard provision indexCurrent issue · 18 formats
01–06

Pour

M-01Whole milk1 L · Captive cap

M-022% milk1 L · Daily issue

M-03Chocolate milk250 mL · Single service

C-06Heavy cream500 mL · Galley bottle

10–17

Spoon

Y-10Plain yogurt125 g · Live culture

Y-11Strawberry yogurt125 g · Fruit preparation

K-12Plain kefir330 mL · Cultured drink

CC-04Small-curd cottage cheese125 g · 4% milkfat

CC-04LLow-fat cottage cheese125 g · Standing option

CC-04GGalley cottage cheese1.2 kg · Long-stay format

18–24

Slice & spread

B-18Salted butter250 g · Foil block

CH-20Aged cheddar400 g · Sealed wedge

CH-21Mozzarella1 kg · Low moisture

CH-22Gouda400 g · Waxed round

CH-24Cream cheese226 g · Spread brick

30–32

Freeze

IC-30Vanilla ice cream475 mL · Frozen dairy

IC-31Chocolate ice cream475 mL · Frozen dairy

IC-32Strawberry ice cream475 mL · Frozen dairy

Outgoing load · OR-11-0714

Orbital Ring 4
two-week load.

Prepared for 186 residents with receiving at Dock C, 17 July, 08:00–11:00 UTC.

Chilled volume
2,420 L
Frozen volume
312 L
Seal record
Matched
Earthside cold room 3Load sheet / cleared
SKUProvisionLoaded
M-01Whole milk240 × 1 L
M-022% milk192 × 1 L
M-03Chocolate milk384 × 250 mL
Y-10 / Y-11Assorted yogurt864 × 125 g
CC-04Small-curd cottage cheese720 × 125 g
CC-04GGalley cottage cheese24 × 1.2 kg
B-18Salted butter72 × 250 g
CH-20 / 22Assorted firm cheese96 units
IC-30 / 31 / 32Assorted ice cream72 × 475 mL

Chilled balance after packing22.4 L

Standing replenishment appliedCC-04 · +96 cups

Load cleared

Unused refrigerated capacity may be balanced with additional CC-04 units unless the receiving galley has supplied a revised standing level.

A cow courier and commissary staff stock a lunar settlement cold case with assorted dairy provisions.
Field plate L-22 Shackleton receiving hub · Cold case B

Receiving card · Keep with load

Receive cold.
Record once.

  1. 01

    Read the blue seal before opening the container.

  2. 02

    Confirm chilled goods at 0–4°C and frozen goods at or below −18°C.

  3. 03

    Scan the thermal record and compare the destination lot.

  4. 04

    Stock frozen goods, cultured goods, and remaining chilled goods in that order.

  5. 05

    Record CC-04 cup and galley counts separately.

  6. 06

    Close the manifest and stage reusable containers for return.

If a lot is outside range, isolate the container and transmit its seal record. Do not use appearance or taste to determine disposition.

Dairy made at destination · Plate 03

Some cargo is better finished locally.

On Mars routes, starter cultures, stable milk inputs, packaging stock, and calibration standards travel with selected cold lots. Settlement partners complete culturing, aging, and portioning under the same lot system used Earthside.