Topic: new glenn program
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New Glenn's third launch places satellite in incorrect orbit
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully re-flew its booster but failed its primary mission, as an upper stage underperformance left the AST SpaceMobile satellite in an unsustainable low orbit, marking the rocket's first major mission failure. The lost satellite will be de-orbited, with AST Sp...
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Blue Origin’s launch pad rebuild timeline, according to SpaceX vets
A former NASA engineer recalled the violent 2016 explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket during a static fire test, which destroyed the rocket, launch pad, and satellite, drawing parallels to a similar catastrophic New Glenn explosion on May 28 of this year. Both the Falcon 9 and New Glenn failures occurr...
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