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Giant BlueBird 7 mobile phone satellite will be deorbited after faulty Blue Origin launch

Space·https://www.space.com/author/robert-z-pearlman·about 1 month ago
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Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, just achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it placed into space has ended up in the wrong location. The New Glenn rocket lifted off on its third-ever mission on Sunday (April 19), and the 7:25 a.m. EDT (1125 GMT) liftoff from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida initially went as planned. So did the propulsive recovery of the rocket's first stage — called "Never Tell Me The Odds" and being reused for the first time — when it touched down on Blue Origin's "Jacklyn" droneship in the Atlantic Ocean about six minutes later. Artist's rendering of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird satellite constellation in orbit over Earth. BlueBird 7, the latest to launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, was deployed into the wrong orbit. (Image credit: Blue Origin/AST SpaceMobile) "We have confirmed payload separation. AST SpaceMobile has confirmed the satellite has powered on.…

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