Blue Origin New Glenn

Blue Origin’s revamp of Launch Complex-36 at Cape Canaveral SFS will turn the site into a dual-pad design that can support the company’s two planned New Glenn heavy-lift vehicle variants.

AST SpaceMobile aims to deploy its first mid-band satellites early next year. It also now expects to reach a delayed milestone of 45 satellites in orbit.

Blue Origin says the cause of the New Glenn rocket explosion in May has been traced to the main oxygen valve on one of the booster’s seven main engines.

Blue Origin is shifting hot-fire testing of its New Glenn upper stage engines to NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

Readers write about life on Mars, New Glenn’s detonation and prospects for new aircraft designs. Plus: Behind the scenes at the Farnborough Airshow.

AST SpaceMobile said late July 15 it is raising up to $1.15 billion gross via debt later eligible to be turned into stock or cash, in part for potential acquisitions or partnerships.

The U.S. Space Force began the overhaul of one of its most storied launchpads with a sizable bang on June 16.

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The root cause for the failed New Glenn flight 4 static-fire test has yet to be disclosed, but one metric stands out: 7,174 ft.

The root cause of Blue Origin’s failed New Glenn Flight 4 (NG-4) static fire test has yet to be disclosed, but one metric stands out: 7,174.

The Federal Communications Commission granted Amazon a limited, conditional waiver of its requirement to meet a 50% deployment milestone for the company’s Leo broadband-internet constellation.

With Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets grounded, NASA said it wants options to launch the company’s lunar lander to support a planned Artemis III demo flight test in Earth orbit next year.

As Blue Origin races to close the gap on SpaceX, a huge explosion on the launchpad has dealt the company a significant setback. Editors discuss how Blue will respond and implications for the broader launch market.

Jeff Bezos’ space company expects to repait the New Glenn launchpad and return to flight in six months.

Despite extensive damage from the the explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on its launchpad, the company is aiming to return to flight before year-end.

Initial visual inspections indicate a second booster and upper stage in a processing hangar at SLC-36 were unaffected by the Blue Origin New Glenn explosion.

Blue Origin had hoped for a quick turnaround between the problematic third flight of its New Glenn heavy-lift launcher and flight four.

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on its launchpad during a static test fire May 28 ahead of the company's fourth orbital flight.

Blue Origin says the FAA has approved its report following the mishap with the New Glenn NG-3 mission that led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite.

AST SpaceMobile plans satellite launches with Blue Origin and SpaceX, aiming to expand its constellation and integrate AI tools for better performance.

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The Blue Origin New Glenn’s AST SpaceMobile deployment mishap has ramifications beyond the satellite services provider.

Blue Origin says initial data suggests one of two BE-3U upper-stage engines did not deliver sufficient thrust to dispatch the AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 7 satellite to its intended orbit.

AST SpaceMobile says it will need to deorbit BlueBird 7 after Blue Origin placed the satellite in an “off-nominal” orbit following its launch on a New Glenn rocket.

Blue Origin will attempt to launch its third New Glenn rocket between 6:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. EDT April 19 from Cape Canaveral SFS, the company says.