Blue Origin made history today with the successful launch of its New Glenn rocket, marking a significant milestone in the billionaire space race. The 320-foot-tall rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying its Blue Ring Pathfinder payload which achieved orbit. While the first stage booster, named 'So You're Telling Me There's A Chance', was lost during its attempted landing, the primary mission objective of reaching orbit was accomplished.
The billionaire space race entered a new phase today when Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launched its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket this morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida. At 2:03AM ET this morning, New Glenn ’s seven reusable BE-4 engines ignited to propel the NG-1 rocket into space, with the second stage and payload reaching orbit to achieve Blue Origin ’s primary mission goal.
Nevertheless, Blue Origin’s goal for today’s uncrewed launch was for New Glenn to reach orbit. Anything beyond that would be a bonus. “No matter what, we will learn a lot,” said Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp ahead of today’s launch. The launch comes after almost a decade of development and puts Elon Musk’s SpaceX on notice. New Glenn has about the same carrying capacity as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, and is meant to shuttle cargo into space on the reusable launch platform.
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