Scientists have bounced LoRa message off the Moon
Summary
For a brief moment in time the entire message PI9CAM (the call sign of the telescope) was in space on its way from Earth to the Moon and back. It also proved that LoRa technology, used for many IoT (Internet of things) applications, can cover such great distances, and that it is possible to send and receive low-powered messages from the Moon. To achieve the transmission, the team used the Dwingeloo radio telescope, operated by the CAMRAS foundation in the Netherlands. A big thumbs up to the team and CAMRAS foundation for making this possible.” Thomas Telkamp, CTO of Lacuna Space said: “Seeing the message coming back from the Moon was exhilarating. From the round-trip time we were able to calculate the distance to the moon, matching very well the predicted values of NASAs JPL Horizons ephemeris system.