NASA Selects SpaceX and Amazon To Develop Commercial Space Communications

NASA has tapped SpaceX, Amazon and four other American companies to begin developing "near-Earth space communication services" that it may use in future agency missions. The agency, which is in the process of decommissioning its own near-Earth satellite fleet, has been evaluating using commercially-provided SATCOM (satellite communication) networks for over a year and started the search for partners in 2021.The combined value of the agency's deal, termed the Communications Services Project (CSP)...