The first Moon 4G network failed due to a decline error, but Nokia said technology was still successfully tested.
Nokia tried to create the first 4G network on the moon, but due to an unexpected mistake, the system did not work at full capacity. According to the original plan, as part of the lunar surface communication system, it was possible to install a small LTE network on the surface of the moon that would have connected many swamps and tools. This technology was an important step before the NASA 2027 AIII III mission that aims to the first human moon since APollo.
The 4G network was responsible for the ATHena Landing unit developed by the intuitive machines, which had to have been safely fell on March 6 in the Antarctic of the Moon. However, the landing was not planned: the device bent on its side and washed away 250 meters from the specified target area. Due to the incorrect angle of inclination, sunlight, and severe cold, solar panels in Athens cannot be properly charged and the task has ended on March 7.
On the plane, there was a network called the SO in the NIB box containing a basic station, radio and a built -in router in a compressed system. Although Nokia has succeeded in running this unit and made data connection to the ground control center for a short period of time, the entire test failed because your Rufak was unable to leave the landing unit. According to the original plan, the devices should be connected to the 4G network and transfer the data to the ground, but because of the suspension of the task, this cannot be done. If everything is planned, there will be a door a few hours after Athens landing, and the small jumping game for the intuitive machines Micro Nova Hopper – Grace – is launched on the moon. This tool had jumped to the moon's hole in the shade to take pictures and measurements that could indicate the presence of aqueous ice. The collected data was transmitted to the ground by the Nokia NIB system.
The Nokia 4G LTE network is designed to support the connection of up to 2 km, and the moon transportation could be controlled from the ground control centers. The data had reached the 4G network and then to the Earth through the intuitive lunar transmission system. Although 5G is more advanced and faster, Nokia has decided to take the test with reliable and long -use technology. 5G was still in the new development stage when this project was designed and the additional capacity was not necessary for the current tests. At the same time, the company confirmed that it is already working on the 5G Moon version.
Although the IM-2 mission has ended unexpectedly, Nokia continues to work on technology and its tests under the ground conditions before the ARTEMIS III 2027 mission. Space pioneers are also planned that the 4G LTE communication systems into spaces that allow live HD videos from the moon to Earth and transfer the remote measurement data in the actual time. The purpose of the future is to build the permanent communication network that allows future missions not to own a separate network system, but only connecting their infrastructure devices.
