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Blue Origin Rocket Launches, Successfully Reuses Booster - But Loses Satellite - Slashdot

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SpaceNews reports : Blue Origin's New Glenn suffered a malfunction of its second stage on the rocket's third flight April 19, stranding its payload in an unrecoverable "off-nominal" orbit and dealing the company a setback as it seeks to increase its flight rate... AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch 45 to 60 satellites this year for its D2D constellation, but BlueBird 7 is the first to launch since BlueBird 6 launched on an Indian LVM3 rocket in December . AST SpaceMobile still expects to have 45 satellites in orbit by the end of the year, the article notes.…

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