NASA is preparing to return to the Moon by 2024, and it wants the astronauts of having a reliable way of communicating with each other. To do this the space company tgvn of the United States addressed to Nokia.
The Finnish company will receive $ 14,1 million in funding for the development of a 4G network on the Moon.
Nokia announced today details of the project, and stated that the development of the first communications system lte/4G στο διάστημα θα είναι εξαιρετικά ζωτικής σημασίας για το πρόγραμμα Artemis of NASA, which seeks to establish a small community on the Moon by 2030.
The announcement states:
“Το δίκτυο θα παρέχει κρίσιμες δυνατότητες επικοινωνίας για πολλές διαφορετικές εφαρμογές μετάδοσης δεδομένων, όπως ζωτικών λειτουργιών εντολών και ελέγχου, απομακρυσμένου ελέγχου σεληνιακών rover, πλοήγηση σε πραγματικό χρόνο και streaming high definition video.”
Nokia said its solution will be "ultra-compact, low-power, space-hardy, end-to-end LTE" and will be deployed on the Moon by the end of 2022. The company plans to integrate the system of its wireless communications on the lunar surface in collaboration with Intuitive Machines, a privately held Texas-based spacecraft design firm.
Once the project is delivered, the network will automatically adjust and create the first LTE communication system on the Moon, Nokia says.
