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Artemis I – Testing WiFi Signals, Radiator System, Go for Outbound Powered Flyby
- noodlesUK 4y agoI’m both very surprised and somehow not at all surprised that there is Wi-Fi on a spacecraft! According to a linked page the Wi-Fi is for cameras installed on the ends of the solar arrays > The cameras affixed to the tips of the solar array wings communicate with Orion’s camera controller through an on-board Wi-Fi network. Flight controllers will vary the positioning of the solar arrays to test the Wi-Fi strength while the arrays are in different configurations. The test will allow engineers to optimize how quickly imagery taken by cameras on the ends of the arrays can be transmitted to onboard recorders.
- skissane 4y ago> I’m both very surprised and somehow not at all surprised that there is Wi-Fi on a spacecraft! > According to a linked page the Wi-Fi is for cameras installed on the ends of the solar arrays I assume it is also for the astronauts? With WiFi they can use tablets without a cable, for accessing procedure manuals, recreation, video calls with family, etc. Possibly, the WiFi is primarily for the astronauts, and using it for these cameras was simply "given it is there, it is the easiest way to connect them".
- Trouble_007 4y agoAnd possibility for Astronaut's body Cams?