Amazing stuff!
"Neil Armstrong famously said, “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” when he took his first steps on the moon on July 20, 1969."
"Later this month, Intuitive Machines, the private company behind the first commercial lander that touched down on the moon, will launch a second lunar mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The plan is to deploy a lander, a rover, and hopper to explore a site near the lunar south pole that could harbor water ice, and to put a communications satellite on lunar orbit.
But the mission will also bring something that’s never been installed on the moon or anywhere else in space before—a fully functional 4G cellular network. ..."
"Final integration of Nokia Lunar Surface Communication System into IM-2 lander is complete.
Nokia intends to prove capabilities of cellular technology for future lunar exploration with the upcoming IM-2 mission.
7 January 2025
... Nokia and Intuitive Machines, Inc. today announced the successful final integration of Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communication System (“LSCS”) into the IM-2 mission lander, named Athena. Athena and the LSCS will voyage to the lunar south pole region in the upcoming IM-2 mission, where Nokia and Intuitive Machines intend to deploy the first cellular network on the Moon. ..."
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