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Blue Origin Nets NASA Mars Orbiter Contract

Blue Origin Nets NASA Mars Orbiter Contract

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NASA awarded Blue Origin a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to approximately $700 million to develop the agency's Mars Telecommunications Network. The company will deliver a Mars telecommunications orbiter intended to provide high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions.

Blue Origin will design and launch the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter by the end of 2028.

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