RadioLuna satellite fleet aims to uncover cosmic dark ages
Blue Skies Space has secured a contract from the Italian Space Agency to design a fleet of satellites that could orbit the Moon and map the early universe.
The RadioLuna project aims to uncover whether a fleet of small satellites in a lunar orbit could detect faint radio signals from the universe’s earliest days
These signals are in the FM radio range and come from a time before the first stars formed, when the universe was mostly hydrogen gas. By listening from the far side of the Moon, free from Earth's radio noise, scientists could use the satellites to further their understanding of the cosmic ‘dark ages.’
In a statement, Dr Marcell Tessenyi, CEO and co-founder of Blue Skies Space, said: “The idea for this project stemmed from the global efforts to develop the lunar economy. Programmes by space agencies such as ESA Moonlight or NASA Artemis can provide the transport, communication and timing infrastructure to projects such as RadioLuna. We are grateful to the Italian Space Agency for funding this activity with our project partner OHB Italia to explore novel ways of delivering exciting science.”
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