Re: [Starlink] Nokia is Pushing for the 1st Cellular Network on the Moon

[David Lang <david@lang.hm>]

There are no satellites that talk 5g in GEO

but now that SpaceX has launched their first 6 satellites that talk cellular, 
how many of them would be needed to give continuous coverage of the moon? They 
could be in a much higher orbit (as there are so few users), so they shouldn't 
need the hundreds that they needed to launch before getting global coverage of 
earth.

David Lang

On Sun, 21 Jan 2024, Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink wrote:

> Can a terrestrial terminal connect with a 5G terminal on the moon via GEO?
>
> Hesham
>
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 2:35 PM Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> wrote:
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>> Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>>    > This article is interesting ....
>>
>>    >
>> https://www.bell-labs.com/research-innovation/network-fundamentals/first-cellular-network-on-the-moon/
>>
>> Probably can launch a crate of Nokia 3310 phones as terminals freefloating
>> in
>> a moon intercept orbit from a Falcon 9.
>>
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