Blue Origin sets New Glenn launch date
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Jeff Bezos’ rocket company said a satellite from customer AST SpaceMobile was deployed into an incorrect orbit.
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.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin faced a hiccup in its latest rocket launch. The New Glenn 3 rocket, intended to deliver a satellite into Earth's orbit, placed it far too low. AST SpaceMobile, the satellite company, said the satellite would not be able to operate there