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Rocket Lab protests NASA Mars relay satellite award to Blue Origin

September 15, 2026, 10:41 UTC · Long Beach, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window

Rocket Lab filed a formal protest after NASA awarded the Mars communication satellite contract to Blue Origin.

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