upcoming missionTBD
New Glenn | Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
Blue OriginLaunch Complex 36A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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mission
- Name
- Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Mars Orbit (Mars)
The Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) will provide a future dedicated high-speed communications relay network for continuous coverage between Earth and Mars for future NASA and cooperating partners’ Mars science missions, with the flexibility to meet future Mars science and exploration needs. It will replace multiple communication relay units installed on existing Mars science orbiters. Blue Origin will design, develop, integrate, launch, and operate the spacecraft and network. The MTO is based on Blue Origin’s Blue Ring satellite bus.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- New Glenn
- Family
- New Glenn
- Provider
- Blue Origin
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422