NEW YORK, March 31 — Before humans set foot on the Moon again, equipment must be deployed on-site to prepare for these upcoming missions. As such, infrastructure to establish...
NEW YORK, March 31 — Before humans set foot on the Moon again, equipment must be deployed on-site to prepare for these upcoming missions. As such, infrastructure to establish high-speed wireless connectivity could be launched and ready to use by the end of this year.
The agreement between US space agency Nasa and Finnish telecoms group Nokia on the installation of 4G infrastructure on the Moon, as part of Nasa’s Artemis programme, was first announced in 2020. This Nasa programme will see humans return to the moon for further experiments in preparation for future crewed missions to Mars. According to CNBC, this equipment could arrive on-site and be operational in 2023. However, this connectivity will only be truly inaugurated by astronauts in 2025.
The challenge for Nokia will be to demonstrate that LTE communication networks can work just as well on the Moon as they can on Earth. The necessary equipment should be launched on board a SpaceX rocket. The base station will then be launched via a dedicated lander. It will also be accompanied by a rover, a small lunar exploration vehicle.
Later, when astronauts touch down, they will be able to benefit from this network to communicate with each other but also with the mission control centre on Earth, by sending data in real time, for example. In practice, they will also be able to remotely control the rover, in order to collect fragments of rocks and lunar dust, or even ice. Finally, this connectivity will pave the way for streaming high-definition videos from the Moon.
Technological projects relating to Nasa’s upcoming Moon missions are numerous. For example, the United Kingdom’s Space Agency has teamed up with Rolls-Royce to develop a nuclear microreactor capable of supporting a team on site, based in a lunar station. — ETX Studio
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