US EditionSpace : Blue Origin, Rival of Spacex, Tries a Third Launch of Its New Glenn Rocket
The booster landed on the drone ship Jacklyn, but an upper-stage malfunction sent AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 into a lower-than-planned orbit.
- On Sunday, April 19, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket failed to place the AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 7 satellite into its intended low-Earth orbit during a launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp stated early data suggest one of the BE-3U engines on the rocket's second stage "didn't produce sufficient thrust" to reach the target orbit.
- While the mission failed to deploy the satellite, the 321-foot rocket's first-stage booster successfully landed on the drone ship Jacklyn, and AST SpaceMobile confirmed the satellite's cost is expected to be recovered by its insurance policy.
- Requiring a mishap investigation, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered Blue Origin on Monday to conduct a probe, with agency approval of a final report and corrective actions mandatory before New Glenn can return to flight.
- Despite the setback, the company continues to target approximately 45 satellites in orbit by the end of 2026, aiming for an orbital launch every one to two months on average throughout the year.
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The Toronto Star
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, blamed a bad engine Monday for a failed weekend launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it.
For the third time the powerful heavy-duty rocket "New Glenn" from Amazon founder Bezos started. It reached new milestones - but one important thing went wrong.
Jeff Bezos' Space Company Just Screwed Up Very, Very Badly
It was a bittersweet launch for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The space company successfully reused one of its New Glenn rocket boosters for the first time, bringing it closer to competing with its archrival SpaceX. Footage shared by Bezos shows the massive rocket carefully slowing its descent to safely land on a drone ship called “Jacklyn.” However, the rest of the planned launch didn’t go so well. The rocket failed to deliver a communications satel…
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