Blue Origin Put Satellite Into Wrong Orbit
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Blue Origin's first commercial launch on Sunday experienced setbacks, and ended with the satellite it was carrying at too low of an orbit. Shares of the satellite's operator, AST SpaceMobile, were sinking sharply Monday morning after the mishap.
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Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Just Screwed Up Very, Very Badly
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The third flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn launcher began Sunday with the company’s first successful reflight of an orbital-class booster, but ended with a setback for Jeff Bezos’ flagship rocket, a key element in NASA’s Artemis lunar program.
The space agency is counting on Jeff Bezos’ company to deliver equipment essential to the next moon landing, only two years away.
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Blue Origin lands reused New Glenn rocket booster for first time, ratcheting up SpaceX rivalry
By Chandni Shah April 19 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said on Sunday that its New Glenn rocket booster had touched down after launch, marking its first landing of a reused booster and intensifying its rivalry with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
After leaving Seattle for a private island near Miami, Bezos sidestepped a tax bill that could have approached $1 billion.
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