Blue Ring for a Red Planet: Blue Origin wins $700M from NASA for Mars Telecommunications Orbiter

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Nasa picks Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to build new $700 million Mars orbiter

Blue Origin will build Nasa’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a new communications hub designed to relay data between Mars and Earth.

Blue Origin wins $700M NASA contract to build Mars communications network: What we know

NASA awarded Blue Origin a $700 million contract to build the Mars Telecommunications Network by 2028. Blue Origin is building its Blue Ring Mars Telecommunications Orbiter in Alabama.

Blue Ring for a Red Planet: Blue Origin wins $700M from NASA for Mars Telecommunications Orbiter

An artist’s conception shows the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter in Martian orbit. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a contract worth up to $700 million to boost NASA’s telecommunications capability in Martian orbit, using a version of the company’s Blue Ring multi-mission space platform. The contract calls on Blue Origin to deliver a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter to NASA by the end of 2028, the…

NASA selects Blue Origin as Mars telecommunications network provider

Jessica Taveau writing for NASA reports that the agency has awarded Blue Origin a contract to build the Mars Telecommunications Network. The firm-fixed-price contract has a maximum potential value of about $700 million, and calls for delivery of a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter no later than December 31, 2028. Blue Origin will design, develop, integrate, […]