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Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
New Glenn
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- New Glenn
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Mars Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Provider
- Blue Origin
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
New Glenn
The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.
- Height
- 98 m
- Diameter
- 7 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 3
- First flight
- 2025-01-16
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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