Nokia plans to launch 4G internet services on moon this year

Earlier this month, Luis Maestro Ruiz De Temino, Nokia’s principal engineer, at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, said, plans are in motion to launch the network on a SpaceX rocket over the coming months

Nokia is all set with its plans to set up 4G networks on the moon. By enabling internet access on the Earth’s natural satellite, the Finnish telecommunications major hopes to aid lunar discoveries.

Earlier this month, Luis Maestro Ruiz De Temino, Nokia’s principal engineer, at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, said, plans are in motion to launch the network on a SpaceX rocket over the coming months.

According to the manufacturer, the network on the moon is going to be powered by an antenna-equipped base station stored in a Nova-C lunar lander designed by U.S. space firm Intuitive Machines, as well as by an accompanying solar-powered rover.

Once on the surface, an LTE connection will be established between the lander and the rover. The infrastructure will land on the Shackleton crater, which lies along the southern limb of the moon

Nasa’s Artemis 1 mission will use this network. Nasa’s Artemis 1 mission aims to send the first human astronauts to walk on the moon’s surface since 1972.

Nokia said that the aim is to show that terrestrial networks can meet the communications needs for future space missions. Its network will allow astronauts to communicate with each other and with mission control, as well as to control the rover remotely and stream real-time video and telemetry data back to Earth, Nokia added.

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