The Moon is getting a 4G network, thanks to Nokia

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As reported by CNBC, the Finnish telecommunications giant announced its intention to bring 4G to the Moon during this year’s Mobile World Congress, which took place in late February and early March this year, in Barcelona. If all goes to plan, when US space firm Intuitive Machines sends its Nova-C lunar lander later this year onboard a SpaceX rocket, it will take with it Nokia’s antenna-equipped base station. The two will also be accompanied by a solar-powered rover, the publication cited Nokia principal engineer, Luis Maestro Ruiz De Temino. Once the hardware reaches its destination - the Shackleton crater- the rover and the lander will establish an LTE connection, De Temino explained. Nokia hopes it will support the next manned research mission to the Moon, called Artemis 1. Astronauts will be able to use the network to communicate with each other, as well as with mission control. Furthermore, they’ll be able to remote-control the rover, and stream video and telemetry data back to Earth, in real-time.

The Moon is getting a 4G network, thanks to Nokia

Future astronauts will get to remotely play with rovers in real-time

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[spiritedawaymadmax]

Wonder if they'll share the number of aliens that will connect to the WiFi from within that hollow rock...

 

[Viking]

Wonder if they'll share the number of aliens that will connect to the WiFi from within that hollow rock...

I reckon the aliens are on 75G network.

 

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Lockheed Martin Is Building a Moon-To-Earth Satellite Communications Network

Lockheed Martin has created a spinoff devoted to lunar infrastructure, Crescent Space, whose first project is a Moon-to-Earth satellite network. Engadget reports: Parsec, as it's called, uses a constellation of small lunar satellites to provide a non-stop connection between astronauts, their equipment and the people back home. The system will also provide navigation help. The technology should help explorers keep in touch, and assist with spacecraft course changes. As Lockheed Martin explains, though, it could prove vital to those on lunar soil. Parsec's nodes create a lunar equivalent to GPS, giving astronauts their exact positions and directions back to base. A rover crew might know how to return home without driving into a dangerous crater, for instance. Crescent's first Parsec nodes should be operational by 2025, with Lockheed Martin providing the satellites.

Lockheed Martin Is Building a Moon-To-Earth Satellite Communications Network - Slashdot

Lockheed Martin has created a spinoff devoted to lunar infrastructure, Crescent Space, whose first project is a Moon-to-Earth satellite network. Engadget reports: Parsec, as it's called, uses a constellation of small lunar satellites to provide a non-stop connection between astronauts, their...

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[jogs]

I have my bicycle ready.
Moon here I come