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Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket successfully launched and reached orbit, but was unable to safely land the first stage rocket booster on Earth as engineers had hoped. Ta. Still, the company’s first launch into orbit shows that Jeff Bezos’ space company can challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s current dominance in the commercial space launch business.
“We are extremely proud that New Glenn reached orbit on its first attempt,” said Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. in a statement.
New Glenn, as tall as a 30-story building, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida around 2 a.m. local time (7 a.m. Japan time). The rocket has experienced numerous delays and setbacks, with its last launch being canceled due to unwanted ice forming in some of the rocket engine pipes.
About 13 minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s second stage reached orbit. This has been Blue Origin’s goal since its founding more than 20 years ago. It carries a test payload called the Blue Ring Pathfinder, which is a collection of communications devices, power systems, and flight computers.
Another goal of this mission was to land the rocket booster on a floating landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean so that it could be reused on future missions to reduce overall cost, but engineers were able to has stopped receiving data. “We knew landing a booster was an ambitious goal on our first attempt. We learned a lot from today and plan to try again on our next launch this spring.” said Limp.
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