spaceflight, 2 months ago to space

Within the next few years, a new #communications infrastructure will unfold for the Moon 🌙. Shackleton Crater is deeper than the #GrandCanyon. Extremes at the South Pole present challenges for establishing wireless networks like #WiFi 📶 and #5G📱. #Earth 🌎 is only visible for roughly two weeks of each month. #Nasa has funded #Nokia to demonstrate a #4G link on the #IM2 mission, which will be the first #cellular network on the #Moon https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240308-talking-on-the-moon-the-quest-to-establish-lunar-wifi

#SpaceCommunication

spaceflight, 7 months ago to random

#SCMP 📆 17 Oct, 2023 “The #data rate 📶 in this test reached 10 gigabytes per second, which is more than 10 times higher than that of the #radio-frequency links traditionally used for #satellite 🛰️ communication” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3238098/chinese-satellite-company-tests-data-transfer-ground-station-mounted-vehicle

#SpaceCommunication #LaserCommunication

spaceflight, 9 months ago to space

📆 Aug 30, 2023 #NASA will test #SpaceInternet with #lasers on #ISS which will connect with a laser relay #satellite 🛰️ called #LCRD. #LaserCommunications transmit information at higher data rates than #RadioFrequency https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nasa-test-space-internet-lasers

#SpaceCommunication #LaserCommunication

spaceflight, 9 months ago to space

#NASA 📆 July 12, 2023 #DSS23 started in 📆 February 2021 at the Goldstone, #California, #DSN Complex (with #OpticalCommunication
capabilities, which will be critical to communicate with #astronauts 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 traveling to #Mars 🔴). NASA cannot use #RadioFrequency communications to carry higher data rates like those required for Mars without increasing
the size of its antennas 📡 or power of its radio transmitters. Therefore, the Agency is developing #optical communications (use
of light as a means of transmitting information through #lasers) https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-23-016.pdf

#DSOC #DeepSpaceNetwork #SpaceCommunication #LaserCommunication

Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breaking_ground_on_Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lcrd_new.jpg

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spaceflight, 1 year ago to SpaceForce

The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :

#AsteroidMining
#AsteroidThreat
#CelestialBodyLanding
#DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications)
#HallEffectThruster
#HumanSpaceflight
#HumanSpaceflightBasics
#HumanSpaceflightHealth
#HumanSpaceflightSecurity
#ISRU (in situ resource utilization)
#LaunchCost
#Lunar3dPrinting
#MoonMining
#PrivateSpaceflight
#ReusableLaunchVehicle
#RocketEngine
#RocketScience
#SatelliteImprovement
#SatelliteInternetAccess
#SBSP (Space-based Solar Power)
#SmallSat
#SpaceAgency
#SpaceCommunication
#SpaceCompany
#SpaceCraft
#SpaceColonization
#SpacecraftComparison
#SpacecraftPropulsion
#SpaceDebris
#SpaceEnergy
#SpaceEvent
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#SpaceHabitat
#SpaceHotel
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#SpaceLogistics
#SpaceMaintenance
#SpaceMining
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#SpacePort
#SpaceRegulation
#SpaceRobot
#SpaceScience
#SpaceSciFi
#SpaceStation
#SpaceSuit
#SpaceTelescope
#SpaceTourism
#SpaceWelding
#TimeToOrbit

spaceflight, 1 year ago to space

Deep #Space Optical #Communications (#DSOC) 📶 is expected to be 292 kbit/s at a distance of 0.4 #AU.The downlink #bandwidth will depend on the ground #telescope 📡 #diameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Optical_Communications#Design

#SpaceCommunication

Picture :Transporter known as Otto, designed to #transport ALMA #antennas https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALMA_transporter_known_as_Otto.jpg

spaceflight, 1 year ago to internet

The #Interplanetary #Internet 📶 should have been tested by a #laser #communications experiment (#DSOC) during the #Psyche mission planned for 📆 August 2022 which is currently delayed. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2022/10/29/nasa-will-launch-psyche-mission-to-explore-asteroid-worth-more-than-the-global-economy

📱 #4G on the #moon : #Nokia's first beyond-#Earth cell site will launch next summer on a #SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of its IM-2 mission https://www.fastcompany.com/90795731/why-nokia-wants-to-put-an-lte-network-on-the-moon

#SpaceCommunication

Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astronomers_inside_the_CSIRO_Parkes_radio_telescope.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Night_sky_over_New_Norcia_(24807822968).jpg