AMERICAN private aerospace company Blue Origin was awarded a contract by NASA on Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system designed to provide reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions.
The firm-fixed-price contract has a maximum potential value of approximately US$700 million. Under the contract, Blue Origin will deliver a high-performance telecommunications orbiter for Mars to NASA no later than 31 December 2028, according to NASA. Blue Origin will design, develop, integrate, launch, and operate the network as part of NASA’s broader space communications and navigation infrastructure.
The network will include a high-performance telecommunications spacecraft orbiting Mars to transmit science data, imagery, navigation information, and critical mission communications for spacecraft operating on and around the planet.
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