Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider

The $700 million firm-fixed-price deal will send a Mars communications orbiter by Dec. 31, 2028, NASA said.

  • NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract on Tuesday to develop the Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system valued at $700 million with delivery required by Dec. 31, 2028.
  • Robotic missions are paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and as these missions expand, demand for data continues to increase, requiring reliable infrastructure to support growing operational needs.
  • Blue Origin will design, develop, integrate, launch, and operate the network as part of NASA's Space Communications infrastructure. The orbiter will transmit "science data, imagery, navigation information, and critical mission communications for spacecraft operating on and around the planet."
  • Under the Artemis program, NASA is exploring the Moon and preparing for Mars missions. Blue Origin has already secured contracts to build lunar landers, strengthening its role as a key commercial partner across multiple NASA initiatives.
  • Despite progress on the contract, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman projected the New Glenn rocket program may remain out of commission until 2028, while the CEO claimed repairs would be complete by year-end 2026.
Insights by Ground AI

14 Articles

Hola NewsHola News
+2 Reposted by 2 other sources
Center

Miami (USA), 1 Sep (EFE).- NASA chose this Tuesday Blue Origin, the space company of tycoon Jeff Bezos, as its provider for the telecommunications network on Mars, which will help transmit data and images, as well as navigational data, for space missions to and around the planet. "Blue Origin will design, [...] The post NASA entrusts Blue Origin with communications from its future missions to Mars was first published in HolaNews.

Read Full Article
Reformatorisch DagbladReformatorisch Dagblad
Reposted by
welingelichtekringen.nlwelingelichtekringen.nl
Right

Space agency NASA has awarded the contract for the development of the so-called Mars Telecommunications Network to Blue Origin, the American space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Read Full Article

NASA orders Blue Origin a telecommunications orbiter for Mars for up to $700 million, with delivery before the end of 2028. The NASA ticket awards Blue Origin the Mars telecommunications network for $700 million aparece primero en Merca2.

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 50% of the sources are Center
50% Center

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

oem.com.mx broke the news on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal