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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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…
Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit
Spectators along the beach in Cape Canaveral, Florida, enjoy a spectacular Sunday morning launch, taking in the view of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket blasting off carrying a next-generation cellular broadband satellite. The company said later the AST SpaceMobile Bluebird 7 satellite ended up in the wrong orbit. Photo: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. Blue Origin launched the company’s third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully rec…
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