Helsinki (Reuters) - Struggling to get a phone signal at home on planet Earth ? Perhaps you'll have better luck on the moon.
"Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the Finnish company said on Monday (19th October), as the U.S. space agency plans for a future where humans return there and establish lunar sttlements.
NASA aims to return humans to the moon by 2024 and dig in for a long-term presence there under its Artemis programme.
Nokia said the first wireless broadband communications system in space would be buit on the lunar surface in late 2022, before humans make it back there.
It will partner with a Texa-based private space craft design company, Intuitive Machines, to deliver the equipment to the moon on their lunar lander. The network wil configure itself and establish a 4G/LTE communications system on the moon. Nokia said, though the aim would be to eventually switch to 5G.
The network will give astronauts voice and video communications capabilities, and allow telemetry and biometric dara exchange, as well as the deployment and remote control of lunar rovers and other robotic devices, accordin to the company. " Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27414L
WHEN THEY DECIDE FOR 5G THEY WILL CALL HUAWEI. 🙌
