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NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider

NASATuesday, September 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM

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NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider
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NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions.
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NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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  1. NASA published: NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider

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