United States, Nov. 13 -- Viasat Inc., a global leader in satellite communications (SATCOM), announced it successfully executed the first flight test of its launch telemetry data relay service onboard Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral earlier today at 3:55pm ET for the second New Glenn mission (NG-2). The demonstration was conducted as part of Viasat's work under NASA's Communications Services Project within its Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program.In April 2022, the project awarded six Funded Space Act Agreements to commercial partners to develop and demonstrate near-Earth satellite relay communications services that can meet the needs of future science missions. As NASA gradually retires its ...