NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider

NASA awarded Blue Origin a firm-fixed-price contract to develop the Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions. The contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $700 million and requires delivery of a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter to NASA no later than Dec. 31, 2028. Blue Origin will design, develop, integrate, launch, and operate the network as part of NASA's broader space communications and navigation infrastructure. The network is expected to be operational at Mars by 2030 and will support both current and future missions to the Red Planet.