\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA Seeks Commercial Feedback on Space Communication Solutions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/commercial-web-header.png?w=1536\")
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA \/ Morgan Johnson<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nNASA is seeking information<\/a> from U.S. and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for emerging agency science missions.<\/p>\n\u201cAs part of NASA\u2019s Communications Services Project<\/a>, the agency is working with private industry to solve challenges for future exploration,\u201d said Kevin Coggins, deputy associate administrator of NASA\u2019s SCaN Program. \u201cThrough this effort, NASA missions will have a greater ability to command spacecraft, resolve issues in flight, and bring home more data and scientific discoveries collected across the solar system.\u201d<\/p>\nIn November 2024, NASA announced the TDRS<\/a> (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) system, the agency\u2019s network of satellites relaying communications from the International Space Station, ground controls on Earth, and spacecraft, will support only existing missions.<\/p>\nNASA, as one of many customers, will obtain commercial satellite services rather than owning and operating a replacement for the existing satellite system. As NASA transitions to commercial relay services, the agency will leverage commercial capabilities to ensure support for future missions and stimulate private investment into the Earth proximity region. Commercial service offerings could become available to NASA missions as early as 2028 and will continue to be demonstrated and validated through 2031.<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s SCaN issued a Request for Information<\/a> on May 30. Responses are due by 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 11.
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NASA\u2019s SCaN Program serves as the management office for the agency\u2019s space communications and navigation. More than 100 NASA and non-NASA missions rely on SCaN\u2019s two networks, the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network, to support astronauts aboard the International Space Station and future Artemis missions, monitor Earth\u2019s weather, support lunar exploration, and uncover the solar system and beyond.<\/p>\nLearn more about NASA\u2019s SCaN Program at:<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/scan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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NASA is seeking information<\/a> from U.S. and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for emerging agency science missions.<\/p>\n \u201cAs part of NASA\u2019s Communications Services Project<\/a>, the agency is working with private industry to solve challenges for future exploration,\u201d said Kevin Coggins, deputy associate administrator of NASA\u2019s SCaN Program. \u201cThrough this effort, NASA missions will have a greater ability to command spacecraft, resolve issues in flight, and bring home more data and scientific discoveries collected across the solar system.\u201d<\/p>\n In November 2024, NASA announced the TDRS<\/a> (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) system, the agency\u2019s network of satellites relaying communications from the International Space Station, ground controls on Earth, and spacecraft, will support only existing missions.<\/p>\n NASA, as one of many customers, will obtain commercial satellite services rather than owning and operating a replacement for the existing satellite system. As NASA transitions to commercial relay services, the agency will leverage commercial capabilities to ensure support for future missions and stimulate private investment into the Earth proximity region. Commercial service offerings could become available to NASA missions as early as 2028 and will continue to be demonstrated and validated through 2031.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s SCaN issued a Request for Information<\/a> on May 30. Responses are due by 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 11. Learn more about NASA\u2019s SCaN Program at:<\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/scan<\/a><\/p>\n
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NASA\u2019s SCaN Program serves as the management office for the agency\u2019s space communications and navigation. More than 100 NASA and non-NASA missions rely on SCaN\u2019s two networks, the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network, to support astronauts aboard the International Space Station and future Artemis missions, monitor Earth\u2019s weather, support lunar exploration, and uncover the solar system and beyond.<\/p>\nShare<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n