New Glenn's Launch Is an Even Bigger Deal for Amazon Than for Blue Origin Itself
Blue Origin is key to Amazon's ability to compete with SpaceX Starlink. Jeff Bezos has finally done it. He's finally reached space with an honest-to-goodness orbital-class rocket. Ten years ago, Bezos ignited a feud with SpaceX founder Elon Musk when his Blue Origin rocket company launched a suborbital New Shepard rocket to the edge of space and then landed it back on Earth.
After stage separation, the first-stage booster will descend and target landing hundreds of miles at sea atop Blue Origin's drone ship Jacklyn, named for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' mother.
And again. And again. After two hours and nine minutes, the launch director at Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company started by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, decided to wait until ...
Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket—a reusable sub-orbital rocket used for space tourism—27 times. It's named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Bezos flew in New Shepard on ...
In 2026, Blue Origin aims to increase this number to 24 launches. Blue Origin should finally be launching significant numbers of the Amazon satellite constellation. The Blue Origin first ...
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral - so where do things stand in the battle of the billionaires for space exploration?
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