Author: Aleaha Montelone

As NASA, international space agencies, and the space industry turn their eyes back to the Moon, their focus has become not only returning to explore its surface but establishing a sustainable presence there for the benefit of humanity.

NASA has identified the need to acquire commercial SATCOM services to meet the specific needs of future NASA missions in low-Earth orbit. Currently, NASA uses government owned capabilities from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), a group of NASA satellites over the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that act as relays between the…