This paper will discuss the development of a Lunar Surface Relay that will serve as a central terminal for lunar surface wireless communications (e.g., 3GPP, Wi-Fi) for surface assets to transmit and receive data back-and-forth with Earth through lunar orbital relays or direct with Earth. Four variations of a wireless surface terminal were designed with varying concepts of operation to assess mass, power, cost drivers, and trade-offs. The designs entailed one stationary platform and three mobile which provided interesting trade-offs. The terminals are powered for operation with either a radioisotope/solar/battery power system or solar array/battery power system.


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    Title :

    Lunar surface network relay terminal: a lunar communications platform




    Publication date :

    2023-01-01


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    1431492 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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