Blue Origin launch falls short, but satellite race presses on

Analyst: Blue Origin failure risks industry timelines, D2D competition

Following the news that direct-to-device (D2D) LEO vendor AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite, launched on Blue Origin’s launch vehicle, failed to reach correct low-Earth orbit position and is in the process of being decommissioned; Ismail Patel, Senior Analyst in Enterprise Technology at GlobalData – the intelligence and productivity platform – has shared his views: “BB7 […]

Blue Origin launch falls short, but satellite race presses on

Blue Origin, the American space company founded by Jeff Bezos, recently carried out the third launch of its flagship New Glenn rocket. While the mission successfully recovered its first-stage booster, the second stage fell short of the required thrust, failing to deliver BlueBird 7, a communications satellite built by AST SpaceMobile, into its intended orbit.