European Space Agency announces 'Moonlight', a project to build an artificial satellite network on the moon and provide a lunar surface network
ESA advances its plan for satellites around the Moon
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The 'moon' is once again in the limelight among the advanced nations of space development. While NASA in the United States is cooperating with ESA in Europe and JAXA in Japan to promote the 'Artemis Program ' to send humankind to the moon again, China and Russia will 'build a research base on the moon' in March 2021. Agreed on the plan to 'do'. A competition reminiscent of the Cold War space race has begun.
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In response to this interest in the moon, ESA announced a project called 'Moonlight'. Currently, space agencies and private space companies in each country are building separate communication systems. Moonlight plans to build communication services and satellite positioning systems on the surface of the moon by placing artificial satellites in the orbit of the moon, and to provide each space agency with an integrated network.
ESA explained about this Moonlight, 'It is inefficient and costly for each institution to build its own communication service and navigation system,' and a system specializing in communication and navigation is on the moon. If there is, he claims that he can reduce the number of communication and navigation systems loaded on the spacecraft and spacecraft sent to the surface of the moon, and load more other measuring equipment and cargo. Building Moonlight will reduce the cost of lunar exploration missions, allowing emerging space-developing countries and private space companies to carry out lunar exploration missions on a relatively low budget, which could also raise the attention of space exploration itself. He talked about the prospect of deafness.
The announcement on May 20, 2021 announced two consortiums of companies that have signed ESA contracts for Moonlight. The first consortium is Surrey Satellite Technology , a small satellite development and manufacturing company based in Gilford, Surrey, England, and the second consortium is Europe's leading aviation Leonardo SpA and the world's eighth-largest munitions. It is headed by Telespazio Spa , a joint venture of the industrial company Thales Group.
'Once a permanent link with the Moon is established, all partners, including private space companies, will be able to continue exploration of space,' said Elodie Viau, director of telecommunications and integrated applications at ESA. ESA-backed lunar communications and navigation services will enable explorers to navigate the lunar surface smoothly and deliver all the information gained from lunar missions to Earth. ' I will.
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