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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin efficiently launches New Glenn into orbit on first check flight

By Editorial Board Published January 16, 2025 4 Min Read
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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin efficiently launches New Glenn into orbit on first check flight

Jeff Bezos’s house firm Blue Origin has efficiently launched its rocket into orbit on its first check flight.

New Glenn – described by Blue Origin as a “giant, reusable rocket” and designed for at least 25 flights – was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on Thursday morning.

Because it occurred: New Glenn blasts into house

Coming after a deliberate launch on Monday was delayed over a build-up of ice on the spacecraft, all seven of the rocket’s foremost engines efficiently fired at lift-off at 2.03am (7.03am within the UK).

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New Glenn entered orbit round 10 minutes after launch, marking a profitable mission. Pic: AP

Watching from Mission Management close by, Bezos and firm staff broke out in cheers and applause because the rocket went orbital – the primary goal of Blue Origin’s launch – round 10 minutes after launch.

Ariane Cornell, vp of in-space techniques for the corporate, mentioned in a reside stream that the launch was a “momentous step” and a “historic launch”.

“We hit our key, critical, number-one objective, we got to orbit safely,” she mentioned. “And y’all, we did it on our first go.”

The second stage of the rocket is now gliding by way of orbit, carrying the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload, and its higher stage will later try and re-enter the Earth’s environment and dissipate over a distant a part of the ocean.

Elon Musk, head of rival firm SpaceX, congratulated Blue Origin and Bezos “on reaching orbit on the first attempt”.

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‘Bold’ booster touchdown failed

Blue Origin additionally aimed to have New Glenn’s rocket booster return to a touchdown platform within the ocean so it could possibly be recycled, nevertheless it did not hit its mark.

The corporate mentioned forward of the launch that “landing the booster on our first try offshore in the Atlantic is ambitious,” and Bezos instructed Reuters it might be the “icing on the cake” for the mission.

New Glenn is anticipated to make six to eight house flights this yr if all goes effectively, Blue Origin added. The following launch is ready for the spring.

Mr Bezos based the house firm in 2000. Since 2021, it has been launching smaller non-public flights to the sting of house.

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