Work on start 4G on the Moon began

In October, 2020 National administration of the USA on aeronautics and a research of space (NASA) signed with Nokia company the construction agreement of telecommunication LTE 4G network on the Moon. The cost of the contract is $14.1 million.

As noted in the press release, the cellular network on a lunar surface will provide information transfer, including video of high resolution, and will allow to manage moon rovers remotely. Existence of cellular communication on the Moon can provide communication between astronauts, all-terrain vehicles and habitats of employees.

We want to provide lunar infrastructure which will allow to create the international partnership for the most grand, wide and various coalition of researchers in the history of mankind — said in NASA.

Work on start 4G on the Moon started

All this is vital for long-term presence of the person on the surface of the Moon, emphasized in Nokia.

Technologies of Nokia will is integrated into the lunar landing module of Intuitive Machines company and delivered to the Moon. The lunar network Nokia consists of the base station of LTE and radio-frequency antennas. The solution was specially developed to maintain severe conditions of start and moonfall and also to work in extreme conditions of space.

4G network on Earth is supported by big towers with generators of energy and radio signals. Nokia thought up technology which allows to do towers of the smaller size. Range of their signal more limited, than at traditional, but they consume less energy and are suitable for transportation in the spacecraft more. On Earth of a tower of Nokia apply to creation of 5G networks.

The space agency should develop quickly new technologies for life and work on the Moon if it wants to implement the purpose that by 2028 astronauts worked at lunar base — the administrator of NASA Jim Bridenstayn noted.[1]

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