NASA teams with Nokia to install a 4G network on the moon by 2028

NASA has been funded up to get technology onto the surface of the moon, with plans to get 4G internet access installed by 2028.

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Published Oct 20, 2020 8:20 PM CDT
Updated Nov 2, 2020 11:54 PM CST

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NASA is teaming with Nokia to install 4G infrastructure on the moon, which would make it the very first cellular network on the moon.

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The US space agency has selected Nokia to deploy an "ultra-compact, low-power, space-hardened" wireless 4G network on the moon, which is part of NASA's plans to have a long-term human presence on the moon by 2030. Nokia secured itself $14.1 million, which will be installed remotely on the moon.

How exactly? It will be installed remotely on the surface of the moon using a lunar hopper built by Intuitive Machines in late 2022 according to Nokia. Nokia continued, explaining: "The network will self-configure upon deployment", while the 4G wireless network will provide "vital command and control functions, remote control of lunar rovers, real-time navigation and streaming of high definition video".

But don't worry, Nokia has explained that the cellular network can be upgraded to 5G in the future.

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