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Blue Origin flies its New Glenn rocket to orbit

New Glenn Makes It Into Orbit on First Flight, but Reusable Stage Crashes Out

If New Glenn can continue to demonstrate its capabilities and (more crucially) its reliability, it has the potential to take some business that SpaceX would otherwise struggle to accommodate.

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Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket to orbit

New Glenn, a multistage rocket named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, is the first Blue Origin rocket to reach orbit. That puts the company, founded by former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, in good position to join Elon Musk’s busy SpaceX brand as a major player in the cellular satellite industry and beyond.

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Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit − a feat 15 years in the making

(THE CONVERSATION) Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a milestone for a commercial space company that has big ambitions.

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What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

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SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its latest round of Starlink satellites into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, lifting off ...

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Blue Origin reaches orbit for the first time with New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit on Thursday at 1:03 a.m. CST from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...

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India achieves first space docking, becoming fourth country to achieve major milestone

India on Thursday became the fourth country to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space, a feat seen as pivotal for ...

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Falcon 9 launch of Transporter-12 mission from Vandenberg SFB takes off Tuesday

A Falcon 9 launch of the Transporter-12 mission destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg ...

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One Web Low Earth Orbit satellite ground station in St Helena to operate in partnership with Sure

The Low Earth Orbit satellite firm OneWeb is set to place a ground station on the island of St. Helena and take capacity on the island’s trunk of the Equiano subsea cable. Reported in the St ...