#space infrastructure

NASA has issued its final request for proposals for a Mars telecommunications network, setting a June 15 deadline and reaffirming eligibility rules tied to earlier Mars sample return design studies.

NASA has issued a formal request for proposals for a Mars Telecommunications Network, aiming to build high-bandwidth relay infrastructure to support future robotic and human missions by 2030.

NASA’s planned Mars Telecommunications Network now includes a requirement to carry a small science payload, opening a narrow but notable research opportunity on a mission built primarily to support communications at Mars

After flying an initial technology demonstration, TakeMe2Space says it wants to raise $55 million to build toward a 50-kilowatt orbital data center, starting with cubesats and then a four-satellite constellation.

Kepler Communications says the largest compute cluster now in orbit is operating across 10 satellites, giving customers an early platform for processing data in space rather than sending everything back to Earth.