{"id":76337,"date":"2026-04-19T19:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-its-third-flight-a-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-puts-satellite-payload-into-wrong-orbit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:02:47","slug":"in-its-third-flight-a-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-puts-satellite-payload-into-wrong-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-its-third-flight-a-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-puts-satellite-payload-into-wrong-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"In its third flight, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket puts satellite payload into wrong orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Blue Origin launched the company&#8217;s third <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blue-origin-launches-twin-nasa-mars-probes-new-glenn-rocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New Glenn rocket<\/a><\/span> Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket&#8217;s payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, ended up in the wrong orbit, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have confirmed payload separation,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/blueorigin\/status\/2045860091920896043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Origin<\/a>, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, posted on X. &#8220;AST SpaceMobile has confirmed the satellite has powered on. The payload was placed into an off-nominal orbit. We are currently assessing and will update when we have more detailed information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/42a52d54-1b9b-4358-9b03-9c00144cda2b\/thumbnail\/620x379\/0cee0981d7f8b2753a69fc3907d9fc26\/041926-launch.jpg#\" alt=\"041926-launch.jpg \" height=\"379\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/42a52d54-1b9b-4358-9b03-9c00144cda2b\/thumbnail\/620x379\/0cee0981d7f8b2753a69fc3907d9fc26\/041926-launch.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/42a52d54-1b9b-4358-9b03-9c00144cda2b\/thumbnail\/1240x758\/67c2536e5e00308e00014425f8de886c\/041926-launch.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Spectators along the beach in Cape Canaveral, Florida, enjoy a spectacular Sunday morning launch, taking in the view of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket blasting off carrying a next-generation cellular broadband satellite. The company said later the AST SpaceMobile Bluebird 7 satellite ended up in the wrong orbit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflightnow.com<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The BlueBird 7 satellite, built by AST SpaceMobile in Midland, Texas, is equipped with a 2,400-square-foot phased array antenna, the largest civilian antenna of its type ever put in low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite is the second in a new generation of AST SpaceMobile data relay stations designed to seamlessly provide space-based 4G and 5G cellular broadband service directly to cellphone users anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin provided no additional information about the nature of BlueBird 7&#8217;s unplanned orbit and it was not immediately known whether the spacecraft will be able to function properly. It is not yet known what options, if any, might exist to eventually achieve the planned orbit.<\/p>\n<p>But the launch clearly marked a setback to AST SpaceMobile&#8217;s plans to deploy up to 60 such &#8220;block two&#8221; BlueBirds in an initial constellation, launching them with SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, Indian LVM3 boosters and Blue Origin&#8217;s New Glenn.<\/p>\n<p>The New Glenn launched Sunday was Blue Origin&#8217;s third and the first using a previously flown first stage.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station came at 7:25 a.m. ET, 40 minutes after an unexplained hold in the countdown. When the count finally hit zero, the towering rocket&#8217;s seven methane-burning BE-4 engines ignited with a ground shaking roar and the booster began climbing away atop 3.8 million pounds of thrust.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/22a0a90c-a97d-4f51-b1c6-38939a541c2f\/thumbnail\/620x349\/fd7eb253a2bef7ecbde2deabb80afb23\/041926-land1.jpg#\" alt=\"041926-land1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/22a0a90c-a97d-4f51-b1c6-38939a541c2f\/thumbnail\/620x349\/fd7eb253a2bef7ecbde2deabb80afb23\/041926-land1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/22a0a90c-a97d-4f51-b1c6-38939a541c2f\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/d84b2f15d6531750c3b05e6688d2e0a6\/041926-land1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, owner of Blue Origin, posted video showing the New Glenn first stage, flying for the second time, making an on-target touchdown on a company landing barge stationed downrange in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Blue Origin<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first stage appeared to work flawlessly, shutting down and  falling away as planned about three minutes and nine seconds after  liftoff. The rocket&#8217;s second stage, powered by two BE-3 engines, then  ignited to continue the climb to an initial orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The first  stage, meanwhile, headed for a Blue Origin&#8217;s landing barge stationed  several hundred miles down range in the Atlantic Ocean, flying itself to  an on-target touchdown about nine minutes and 20 seconds after launch.<\/p>\n<p>The same stage accomplished the same feat last November during the second flight of a New Glenn \u2014 NG-2 \u2014 albeit using a different set of engines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With our first refurbished booster we elected to replace all seven engines and test out a few upgrades including a thermal protection system on one of the engine nozzles,&#8221; Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in an earlier social media post. &#8220;We plan to use the engines we flew for NG-2 on future flights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About two-and-a-half minutes after the first stage landing Sunday, the second stage engines shut down as planned. A second upper stage engine firing was expected an hour and 10 minutes after launch, but that time came and went without any updates from Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/71a04c49-b5fa-49a5-a2ed-13074e296fbc\/thumbnail\/620x349\/85f63629f9bb15e627a6a8f74c586050\/041926-artist-bluebird7.jpg#\" alt=\"041926-artist-bluebird7.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/71a04c49-b5fa-49a5-a2ed-13074e296fbc\/thumbnail\/620x349\/85f63629f9bb15e627a6a8f74c586050\/041926-artist-bluebird7.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/19\/71a04c49-b5fa-49a5-a2ed-13074e296fbc\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/86b3043559d9a8367a9576ac2b3f9bef\/041926-artist-bluebird7.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An artist&#8217;s impression of AST SpaceMobile Bluebird satellites in orbit around Earth, providing cellular broadband connectivity to users around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AST SpaceMobile<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About an hour later, however, the company reported the satellite had not been released into its intended orbit. The post did not say whether the second upper stage engine firing actually took place or if it did, whether it ran for the full duration.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin plans to compete head-to-head with SpaceX to deliver commercial, military and science satellites to Earth orbit and deep space while deploying a fleet of Amazon-owned space-based LEO internet satellites intended to compete with SpaceX&#8217;s already-established Starlink system.<\/p>\n<p>Blur Origin also is developing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-blue-origin-artemis-moon-lander-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">moon landers<\/a><\/span> to deliver NASA cargo and astronauts to the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>The New Glenn rocket is critical to all of those ventures. 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