, later this year Nokia hopes to launch a 4G network on the moon partially to help space agencies make new discoveries, but also to set the stage for humans to have a presence on the planet. The network will be literally launched into space inside a SpaceX rocket over the next few months.
An LTE connection will be created between the lander and a solar-powered rover. The SpaceX rocket will give way to the lunar lander which will have a propulsion system to help it reach the surface of the moon. Nokia says that the network has been built to hold up to the extreme conditions found in space. The technology will land on the Shackleton crater near the south pole of the moon.
The Finnish networking firm previously said that the lunar network would"provide critical communication capabilities for many different data transmission applications, including vital command and control functions, remote control of lunar rovers, real-time navigation and streaming of high definition video."
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