NASA’s plans to return to the Moon involve not just safely arriving humans on the surface but putting in place the infrastructure to support a long-term lunar base.
As part of this vision, NASA has selected by Nokia to build a first-ever cellular network on the Moon.NASA is studying for a way to build a connection between spacemen once they return to the moon in 2024.
The collaboration is part of NASA’s Tipping Point program, through which the firm hopes to accelerate the development of space-based technologies through investments with private firms.
Nokia’s network devices will be installed remotely on the moon’s surface using a lunar hopper built by Intuitive Machines in late 2022, Nokia said.
This is why NASA has turned to the mobile pioneer Nokia to bring 4G to the Moon. NASA gives $14 million funding to the Nokia company to set up cellular towers for 4G LTE.
The department’s Associate Administrator James Reuter has said that enabling 4G on the moon will allow for a clear connection between lunar habitats, astronauts, and satellite.
It will also provide astronauts with greater voice and video communications capabilities, telemetry, and biometric data transmission and control over robotic payloads.
This is not the first time Nokia has tried to bring 4G to the moon.
The Finnish phone creator partnered with German space firm PTScientists and UK carrier Vodafone back in 2018 as part of a mission to respond to the site of the Apollo 17 landing.
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