Nokia intends to introduce 4G services on the Moon
Nokia intends to introduce 4G services on the Moon
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USA: In order to facilitate lunar exploration, Nokia intends to introduce 4G services there. Future NASA Artemis missions, which aim to land astronauts on the lunar surface about 50 years after the Apollo astronauts did so, may benefit from the technology. By the end of this year, the company hopes to have the LTE network operational.

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference, which was held in Barcelona earlier this month, Nokia announced its intentions to launch a 4G network on the Moon.

The business and NASA worked together to create the "first-ever cellular network on the Moon" in 2020. Future lunar missions, especially the Artemis programme, will be reliant on Nokia's 4G infrastructure, which promises to "revolutionise lunar surface communications."

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A solar-powered rover and an antenna-equipped base station housed in the Nova-C lunar lander, created by the US space company Intuitive Machines, will support Nokia's 4G network.

Between the lander and the rover, an LTE (Long-Term Evolution) connection will be established. The technology, according to the manufacturer, is made to withstand the harsh conditions of space.

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A SpaceX rocket will carry the lander to space. The lander won't be carried all the way to the lunar surface by the rocket, though. The latter has a propulsion system for achieving that. After deployment, the network will configure itself, according to Nokia. On the southern side of the Moon, near the Shackleton crater region, the framework will land.

Astronauts will find it simpler to communicate telemetry and biometric data to mission controllers thanks to Nokia's 4G network, which supports both audio and video communications.

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The network will "provide critical communication capabilities for many different data transmission applications, including essential command and control functions, remote control of lunar rovers, real-time navigation, and streaming of high definition video," according to Nokia.

Given that the launch partner does not experience "any setbacks or delays," there is a "good chance" that Nokia's 4G network will go live in 2023, according to Anshel Sag of Moor Insights and Strategy in a statement to CNBC.

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