NASA Awards Blue Origin $700 Million Contract for Mars Communications Network

NASA selected Blue Origin to build a Mars telecommunications network for up to $700 million.

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NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract on Tuesday to develop the agency's Mars Telecommunications Network. ^[1] The firm-fixed-price contract requires Blue Origin to deliver a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter to NASA no later than December 31, 2028. ^[2] Blue Origin will design, develop, integrate, launch, and operate the network as a part of the agency's broader space communications and navigation infrastructure. ^[3] The network, managed by NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program, is expected to be operational at Mars by 2030. ^[4] The Mars Telecommunications Network will consist of a telecommunications spacecraft orbiting Mars that transmits science data, imagery, navigation information, and mission communications. ^[5]

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NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract on Tuesday to develop the agency's Mars Telecommunications Network. · NASA

The firm-fixed-price contract requires Blue Origin to deliver a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter to NASA no later than December 31, 2028. ·

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Blue Origin will design, develop, integrate, launch, and operate the network as a part of the agency's broader space communications and navigation infrastructure. · NASA

The network, managed by NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program, is expected to be operational at Mars by 2030. · NASA

The Mars Telecommunications Network will consist of a telecommunications spacecraft orbiting Mars that transmits science data, imagery, navigation information, and mission communications. ·

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