by Antonio Delgado Ago 45 minutes ago …

NASA has partnered with Nokia to bring 4G connectivity to the Moon, a project for which the Finnish company has received 14, 1 million dollars to provide network connectivity to our satellite. For this, small 4G cells will be integrated with a smaller size than those that we can find on our planet, in order to reduce their consumption and space necessary in the rockets that carry these infrastructures to the Moon.

Naturally, each cell will have to be specifically created taking into account the extreme temperatures, vacuum and radiation to which it will be subjected in a hostile environment like that.

4G on the Moon will facilitate the development of a permanent lunar base in 2028

Although it is not the first time , the idea of ​​equipping the Moon with 4G connectivity is a preliminary step towards meeting NASA’s goal of establishing a permanent lunar base on the satellite for the year 2028, base where different technologies developed by multiple companies will be integrated to which the US space agency has allocated 370 millions of dollars.

Having 4G connectivity on the Moon will allow having a communication channel much faster than the radio system used up to now for communications made between devices on the lunar surface. In addition, since there are no trees or buildings that can cause interference or signal cuts, the coverage will be much wider than on Earth.

In this way, astronauts will be able to control vehicles, stations and equipment in real time, or communicate with each other more quickly and easily than by radio. In addition, later, the deployed 4G infrastructure may be expanded and updated to support 5G.

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Antonio Delgado

Computer Engineer of training, writer and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we get here for reviews. In my spare time I fiddle with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.