Rocket Lab Protests NASA Mars Telecom Orbiter Contract Award - Archyworldys

In 2021, Blue Origin challenged NASA’s decision to award SpaceX its first crewed lunar-lander contract. Now, in a striking reversal, Blue Origin has won a NASA Mars communications-orbiter contract worth up to $700 million—and losing bidder Rocket Lab has filed its own protest with the same federal watchdog.

Rocket Lab has challenged NASA's Mars Telecommunications Network award to Blue Origin, five years after Blue Origin protested NASA's first crewed lunar-lander award to SpaceX.

Rocket Lab Protests NASA Mars Telecom Orbiter Contract Award - Archyworldys

Rocket Lab has formally challenged NASA’s decision to award a $700 million contract for the Mars Telecommunications Network orbiter to Blue Origin, filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office on September 11, according to reporting by SpaceNews and Space.com. Rocket Lab Files GAO Protest Over Mars Telecommunications Network Award The aerospace industry is watching ...