NASA Awards Blue Origin $700M Contract to Build Mars Telecommunications Network

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NASA has selected Blue Origin to develop its Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system for the red planet. The contract, announced Tuesday, is a firm-fixed-price agreement with a maximum potential value of approximately $700 million. The network is designed to provide high-bandwidth communications and navigation services to support both current and future Mars missions. Blue Origin will be responsible for delivering a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter to NASA as part of the agreement.

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