Rocket Lab is challenging NASA's grant of a Mars communications orbiter contract to Blue Origin. The contract is valued at up to $700 million. In 2021, Blue Origin challenged NASA's pick of SpaceX for a crewed lunar lander. That protest was over the lunar lander award.
Now Blue Origin has won the Mars orbiter deal. Rocket Lab is disputing the decision. Rocket Lab's protest is the latest dispute. This time, Blue Origin is the winning side and Rocket Lab is the one protesting.