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		</div><p>Nokia says it has been asked by Nasa to build the first mobile communications network on the moon.</p>
<p>The Finnish telecommunications equipment maker said on Monday that its Nokia Bell Labs division will build a 4G communications system to be deployed on a lunar lander to the moon’s surface in late 2022.</p>
<p>Nasa is awarding 370 million US dollars (£285 million) to 14 companies to provide technology for the Artemis moon-landing programme, the aim of which is to establish a long-term human presence on the moon as a warm-up for missions to Mars.</p>
<p>Nokia released more details of its involvement after an announcement last week by Nasa, which said it was giving the company’s US unit 14.1 million dollars (£10.9 million) for the network.</p>
<p>The US space agency is also funding other innovations in cryogenic fluid management, lunar surface innovation, and descent and landing capability.</p>
<p>Nokia’s network will provide critical communications capabilities for tasks astronauts will need to carry out, like remote control of lunar rovers, real-time navigation and high-definition video streaming, the company said.</p>
<p>The equipment includes a base station, antennas and software and is designed to withstand harsh launches and lunar landings and extreme conditions in space.</p>
<p>Nokia is partnering with US company Intuitive Machines, which Nasa chose to build a small “hopper lander” that can access lunar craters and carry out high-resolution surveys of the lunar surface over a short distance.</p>
<p>“Reliable, resilient and high-capacity communications networks will be key to supporting sustainable human presence on the lunar surface,” Nokia’s chief technology officer Marcus Weldon said.</p>
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