Blue Origin Faces Setback as New Glenn Satellite Misses Orbit
Blue Origin's heavy-lift rocket, the New Glenn, encountered its first major failure during its third launch, delivering a customer satellite to the wrong orbit. This could impact the company's plans to support NASA's return to the Moon.
Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, faced a significant setback with the third launch of its new heavy-lift rocket, the New Glenn. During the mission, the rocket failed to deliver a customer satellite to the intended orbit, instead placing it in the wrong orbit.
This is the first major failure for the New Glenn system, which Blue Origin has been developing with the goal of supporting NASA's ambitions to return astronauts to the Moon under the Artemis program. The company had been positioning the New Glenn as a key part of its efforts to play a role in the agency's lunar exploration plans.
{{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}}Source: TechCrunch
