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New Glenn explosion: what it means for Blue Origin and SpaceX

Astronomy Magazine·Brooks Mendenhall·3 days ago
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket stands on the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of April's NG-3 mission. Credit: Blue Origin Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida resumed operations Friday following the explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a test Thursday night. Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45), which manages the U.S. Space Force’s Eastern Range and oversees all East Coast rocket and missile launches,  said Friday  that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket deployed a batch of Starlink satellites to orbit, less than 12 hours after an anomaly with New Glenn’s engine system surged emergency responders to the scene. SLD 45 said there were no reported injuries or fatalities, and the FAA told  FLYING  there was no impact to air traffic. Since the mishap did not occur during a test flight, the agency will not require an investigation, as it did for New Glenn’s most recent test flight in April.…

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