{"id":722843,"date":"2026-04-20T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blue-origin-successfully-re-uses-a-new-glenn-rocket-for-the-first-time-ever\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:00:26","slug":"blue-origin-successfully-re-uses-a-new-glenn-rocket-for-the-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blue-origin-successfully-re-uses-a-new-glenn-rocket-for-the-first-time-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Origin has successfully reused one of its New Glenn rockets for the first time ever, marking a major milestone for the heavy-launch system as Jeff Bezos\u2019 space company looks to compete with Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX. <\/p>\n

But the overall mission\u2019s success may be in question. Roughly two hours after the launch, Blue Origin revealed that the communications satellite that New Glenn carried to space for AST SpaceMobile wound up in an \u201coff-nominal orbit,\u201d meaning something may have gone wrong with the rocket\u2019s upper stage. In other words, it app<\/a>ears the company missed the mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have confirmed payload separation. AST SpaceMobile has confirmed the satellite has powered on,\u201d the company wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cWe are currently assessing and will update when we have more detailed information.\u201d <\/p>\n

AST later said Blue Origin\u2019s rocket placed its satellite into an orbit that was \u201clower than planned,\u201d so the satellite will have to be de-orbited.<\/p>\n

According to a timeline provided by Blue Origin prior to the launch, the upper stage of New Glenn should have performed a second burn roughly one hour after the rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It\u2019s unclear if that second burn ever happened, or if there were other problems with it, before the AST satellite was deployed.<\/p>\n

The company accomplished the re-use feat Sunday on just the third-ever launch of New Glenn, and a little more than one year after the first flight of the new rocket system, which has been in development for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

Making New Glenn reusable is crucial to its economics. SpaceX\u2019s ability to re-fly Falcon 9 rocket boosters is one of the main reasons why it has come to dominate the global orbital launch market.<\/p>\n

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While Blue Origin has already sent a commercial payload to space with New Glenn \u2014 Sunday was the second-such mission \u2014 the company wants to use the rocket for NASA moon missions, and to help both it and Amazon build space-based satellite networks. Blue Origin is currently finishing getting its first robotic moon lander ready for an attempted launch later this year.<\/p>\n

The booster that Blue Origin re-flew on Sunday was the same one the company used in the second New Glenn mission in November. During that mission, the New Glenn booster helped put two robotic NASA spacecraft into space for a mission to Mars, before returning to a drone ship in the ocean. On Sunday, Blue Origin recovered the rocket booster a second time on a drone ship roughly 10 minutes after takeoff.<\/p>\n

Any trouble deploying AST\u2019s satellite could present a risk to Blue Origin\u2019s near-term plans for New Glenn. Blue Origin has a deal with the communications company to send multiple satellites to orbit over the next few years as it works to build out its own space-based cellular broadband network.<\/p>\n

This story has been updated with new information from Blue Origin and AST SpaceMobile.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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