#AST SpaceMobile

Blue Origin’s third New Glenn launch achieved a first-stage reuse milestone, but AST SpaceMobile’s Bluebird 7 satellite was placed into an off-nominal orbit.

New Glenn’s third flight ended with an upper-stage malfunction that placed AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 into an off-nominal orbit too low for recovery, dealing Blue Origin a setback as it seeks a higher launch tempo.

Blue Origin achieved a major reusability milestone with New Glenn, yet the mission also exposed how far the company still has to go after its payload was left in a lower-than-planned orbit.

Blue Origin achieved a major reusable-launch milestone with a second successful New Glenn booster landing, but the mission still fell short after AST SpaceMobile’s satellite was left in an unusably low orbit.

Blue Origin’s third New Glenn mission is set to test the company’s first reused booster while carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to low Earth orbit.