Nokia announced it is sending a 4G internet service to the Moon  during an upcoming space mission. The company says the technology will hopefully pave

Nokia Is Sending 4G Internet to the Moon

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2023-03-29 23:00:03

Nokia announced it is sending a 4G internet service to the Moon during an upcoming space mission. The company says the technology will hopefully pave the way for more lunar discoveries and create opportunities for a human presence on the Moon and beyond.

The system is expected to be deployed during Intuitive Machines’s upcoming IM-2 mission, which is currently scheduled to launch in November aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Intuitive Machines’s Nova-C lunar lander will take the system and other payloads to our natural satellite, bringing Nokia’s 4G communications system to its final destination on the Shackleton crater in the southern region of the Moon, CNBC reports .

Nokia, working alongside Lunar Outpost and Intuitive Machines, created the 4G technology, which is designed to withstand the harsh conditions in space. The tech demonstration could set the stage for use during future crewed Artemis missions to the Moon. The current plan is for NASA to land two astronauts on the lunar surface in 2025, marking the first time astronauts will walk on the Moon since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission .

Anshel Sag, the principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, told CNBC that 2023 was an “optimistic target” for Nokia to launch the 4G network, adding: “If the hardware is ready and validated as it seems to be, there is a good chance they could launch in 2023 as long as their launch partner of choice doesn’t have any setbacks or delays.”

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