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ScienceApr 20, 2026

Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit

Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit
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Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket's payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, ended up in the wrong orbit, the company said.

Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage.

Following Blue Origin's milestone of successfully landing a previously flown first-stage booster for the first time on Sunday during the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, the mission's primary.

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Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket's payload, a direct-to-cellpho

https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/04/20/blue-origin-launches-third-new-glenn-rocket-but-payload-ends-up-in-wrong-orbit/
NASASpaceflight

Following Blue Origin's milestone of successfully landing a previously flown first-stage booster for the first time on Sunday during the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, the m

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/04/ast-bluebird-7-lost-new-glenn-launch/
NASASpaceflight

Following Blue Origin's milestone of successfully landing a previously flown first-stage booster for the first time on Sunday during the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, the m

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/04/ast-bluebird-7-lost-new-glenn-launch
Ars Technica Space

Blue Origin's reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn's upper stage did not.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/errant-upper-stage-spoils-blue-origins-success-in-reusing-new-glenn-booster/
Ars Technica Space

Blue Origin's reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn's upper stage did not.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/errant-upper-stage-spoils-blue-origins-success-in-reusing-new-glenn-booster
X · Marcia Smith

Bad news for AST SpaceMobile and Blue Origin. Although Blue's New Glenn first stage launched and landed as planned, the second stage left AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite in…

https://x.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/2045954980440416345
X · Eric Berger

RT @arstechnica: Errant upper stage spoils Blue Origin's success in reusing New Glenn booster https://t.co/1cJtxBUjEA

https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2045931901953695941
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