Out of this world: Building a mobile network on the Moon
Day: Thursday 2 October
Time: 16:05 - 16:35 AEST
Location: Parkside 2
A renewed global interest in exploring and inhabiting the Moon and Mars is contributing to the rapid growth of the space economy. Advanced communication infrastructure will be crucial to humanity expanding its presence in space.
Astronauts will need the same advanced capabilities in space that we have on Earth to support their missions and live their lives, such as access to voice, video and data communications capabilities as well as telemetry and biometric data.
Nokia Bell Labs delivered the first cellular network on the Moon, as part of Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission, to demonstrate that cellular technologies can provide the critical communications needs for future lunar or Martian missions. In addition, as part of the Artemis III mission, which will return the first astronauts to the Moon in more than 50 years, Nokia Bell Labs is partnering with Axiom Space to deliver a spacesuit-integrated communications system that will allow astronauts to communicate while they explore the lunar surface.
We envision a rapidly evolving and growing space economy enabled by advanced communication networks that will facilitate scientific discovery, support commercial activities, and help pave the way for a safe and sustained human presence on the Moon and Mars.
