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Space : Blue Origin, Rival of Spacex, Tries a Third Launch of Its New Glenn Rocket

Blue Origin’s third New Glenn flight marked its first booster reuse, but AST SpaceMobile said BlueBird 7 was left in a lower orbit.

  • Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket for the third time from Cape Canaveral, carrying AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite into low-Earth orbit.
  • The reused New Glenn booster, named Never Tell Me The Odds, guided itself back and landed precisely on the drone ship Jacklyn in the Atlantic Ocean, marking Blue Origin's first booster reuse.
  • BlueBird 7 carries the largest commercial phased-array antenna ever deployed in orbit, aiming to provide space-based cellular broadband to regular smartphones worldwide.
  • The booster reuse marks a significant technical achievement, enabling cost savings and enhancing competition with SpaceX in heavy-lift rocket launches.
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La Presse broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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