NASA is transitioning from government-owned satellite relay infrastructure to a commercially driven architecture for space communications services supporting missions in the Earth Proximity region. To support this transition, NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program is partnering with commercial industry to acquire satellite relay services as the legacy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system approaches end of life.

NASA will host a two-day event with industry to gain insight into their ability to provide backwards compatible services for missions that are currently reliant on TDRS and do not have the capability to transition to commercial services. The event will include an unclassified group briefing from NASA, as well as 45-minute one-on-one meetings, classified as needed, between
NASA and interested parties for private discussions on specific approaches to provide services. Availability of one-on-one meetings may be limited due to space and security constraints.