#Starlink : 9237 #satellites launched, 6938 operational as of @planet4589 https://planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html

Nearly every ground station experienced some kind of failure:

• Wrong configuration
• Incorrect pointing coordinates
• An unexpected loss of a power amplifier the day before our launch
• Interference from a recently built cell tower that, although not in our frequency band, created enough noise to disrupt communications
• Insufficient mid-path gain, meaning weak signals were not getting to our radio receiver
https://www.astroforge.com/updates/odint-mission-debrief

#Athena was communicating with controllers and generating solar power, officials said. But 20 minutes after touchdown, Crain still was unable to confirm if everything was all right with the lander. #NASA and #IntuitiveMachines abruptly ended their live landing webcast, promising more updates at a news conference later in the afternoon https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-nasa-intuitive-machines-athena-cf4a88baa6644fb381dbaea497001d51

During the #IM2 mission, the #4G cell network will allow for #communication between the lander and the two vehicles. But #Nokia has plans for a more expansive 4G or 5G cell network that can cover the planned #Artemis habitat and its surroundings. The company is also working on integrating cell communications in Axiom #spacesuits meant for future lunar #astronauts https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/18/1111984/nokia-is-putting-the-first-cellular-network-on-the-moon

#SpaceCommunication https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:communication:space

Transporting #data at rates up to 100 times higher than radio frequencies by #laser https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-laser-comms-demo-makes-deep-space-record-completes-first-phase/

With the increase in human and #robotic exploration, we must provide Position, Navigation and Timing services anywhere on the Moon . We must also enable #wireless communication https://navlab.stanford.edu/research/LunarPNT

#Starlink hosts more than 10,000 laser communications systems on orbit. Those lasers can sustain 100 Gbps connection per link. #VastSpace and #SpaceX announced in May 2023 a plan to launch #Haven1 as soon as August 2025. The commercial station would feature the ability to spin and generate enough centripetal force to create the equivalent of #gravity on the Moon. https://aviationweek.com/shows-events/space-symposium/vast-space-station-use-spacex-starlink-laser-comms

#Nokia : The #lunar 4G/LTE system will have two primary components. The base station unit will be integrated directly into #IntuitiveMachines’ spacecraft, the #NovaC lander. The second will form a network that will allow the vehicles and lander to #communicate with one another. A powerful direct-to-#Earth radio connection from the lander will provide a link home https://www.nokia.com/about-us/newsroom/articles/inside-look-at-nokia-moon-mission/

The same equipment used for #interplanetary communications could allow pairs of stellar #gravitational lenses to facilitate energy transmission over #interstellar distances. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-civilizations-gravitational-lenses-transmit-power.html

#InternetSociety #Interplanetary chapter : "Especially as #commercialization of #space progresses, the need for a #SpaceInternet that is open, trusted and trustworthy are challenges that must be addressed" https://www.ipnsig.org

#Galactic Internet made possible by star gravitational lensing https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576512002780

#Psyche : The test periods for the #DeepSpace Optical Communications technology demonstration are indicated with dots https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/press-kits/psyche/mission

#DSOC operations are planned for about two years, beginning roughly 20 days after launch. The 5.1-meter Hale #Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory* in San Diego County, #California, will receive the downlinked high-rate data from the DSOC flight laser https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/press-kits/psyche/dsoc

* https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Palomar+Observatory&layer=Esri+Satellite

#DSOC : #Psyche will test a futuristic communications system, called #DeepSpace Optical Communication. It uses #lasers to communicate with #Earth , instead of radio waves, encoding data in #photons, which are particles of light. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/psyche/overview

#Launch period opening on Oct. 10, 2023

#SpaceCommunication

Picture : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_Asteroid_Belt_Asteroids.jpg

@hendric these would be the umbrella terms : #SpaceCommunication, #SatelliteImprovement and #ISRU

#Laser #Communications Relay Demonstration (#LCRD) https://youtu.be/OAFkd5DdLZU

The Deep #Space Optical Communications (#DSOC) package aboard #NASA's #Psyche mission utilizes #photons to transmit more data in a given amount of time. The goal is to increase #spacecraft #communications performance and #efficiency by 10 to 100 times https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/deep-space-communications-via-faraway-photons

#Spacecraft communication ground stations in #OpenStreetMap : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:communication:space