Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
New Glenn, Blue Origin
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch time
No earlier than
NET Q4 2028
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Mission
Mars Telecommunications Orbiter on New Glenn from Launch Complex 36A. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
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.
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Mars Orbit
Launch timeline
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.4705556, -80.542194
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