Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon (www.technologyreview.com)

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[-] 0x0@programming.dev 21 points 3 months ago

Not everyone is happy with this vision. LTE networks usually operate between 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz, a region of the radiofrequency spectrum that partially overlaps with frequencies reserved for radio astronomy. Having such radio signals coming from the moon could potentially interfere with observations.

Commercial space flight doesn't give a fuck about astronomers, just ask StarLink.

[-] neme@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Article also says:

“For permanent deployment we’ll have to pick a different frequency band,” Klein says. “We already have a list of candidate frequencies to consider.”

Maybe they can make it less interfering

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