# NASA Bid to Replace Space Station Comm Network Has a 1980s Problem

- slug: nasa-bid-to-replace-space-station-comm-network-has-a-1980s-problem
- date: 2026-04-15
- category: Space & Aerospace

NASA wants industry to replace the satellite comms network it built for Hubble and the space station. The compatibility specs written into the bid may lock out everyone but the companies that already know the 1980s-era system.

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