Rocket Lab appealed against the award of the contract to Blue Origin for the implementation and launch of a telecommunications orbiter.
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Rocket Lab has formally filed an appeal against NASA's award of a $700 million contract to Blue Origin. This budget, designed to create an interplanetary telecommunications relay, is now frozen. The company believes that the technical evaluation of its file has been unfairly penalized, temporarily blocking this indispensable infrastructure.