April 19, 2026, 10:45 a.m. - April 19, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Watch live coverage as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches its third New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into low Earth orbit. The mission will see the reuse of the New Glenn first stage used on the NG-2 mission in …
Blue Origin launches its third mission, reusing the booster from Flight 2, and attempting recovery on the barge, Jacklyn. The mission is for AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite, sent into low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Launch Window: April 19th from 6:45AM to 8:45AM EDT (10:45-12:45 …
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.
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Launch moved to New Glenn, NET late February.
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Delayed to NET April 17.
The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.
See DetailsNew Glenn booster GS1-SN002 has landed on Jacklyn after its 2nd flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Jacklyn.Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
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A batch of rockets will support sending up to about 60 of AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites to orbit. The company’s goal is to establish a space-based cellular broadband network.
Blue Origin will reuse a New Glenn booster for the first time on the rocket’s next launch, carrying a satellite for AST SpaceMobile. The post Blue Origin to reuse New Glenn booster on next launch appeared first on SpaceNews.
With this quick turnaround, Blue Origin takes a step toward a faster cadence.
Six launches are scheduled worldwide this week, with the third launch of Blue Origin’s New… The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites, New Glenn to launch with flown booster appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
The engine test, called a static fire, saw the company ignite all seven of its BE-4 engines for less than half a minute. Local maritime and aviation hazards suggest a launch could happen as soon as Sunday, April 19.
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 s…
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's…
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
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Details TBD.
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink sa…
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