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New Glenn blasts off<\/p>\n
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Blue Origin\u2019s reusable New Glenn rocket has successfully launched and reached orbit, though engineers failed to safely land the first stage rocket booster back on Earth as hoped. Even so, the company\u2019s first launch to orbit is a sign that Jeff Bezos\u2019 space company is capable of challenging the current dominance of Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX\u2019s in the private space launch business.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud New Glenn achieved orbit on its first attempt,\u201d said Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin, in a statement.<\/p>\n
New Glenn, which is around the height of a 30-storey building, blasted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at around 2am local time (7am GMT). The rocket had seen numerous delays and setbacks, and a previous launch was abandoned when unwanted ice formed in some of the rocket engine pipes.<\/p>\n
Around 13 minutes after liftoff, the rocket\u2019s second stage reached orbit, which has been a goal for Blue Origin since the company was founded more than 20 years ago. It carries a test payload called Blue Ring Pathfinder, which is a collection of communications devices, power systems and a flight computer.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nAnother goal for this mission was landing its rocket booster on a floating landing platform in the Atlantic ocean so that it could be reused for future missions and lower overall costs, but engineers stop receiving data from the booster shortly after liftoff. \u201cWe knew landing our booster\u2026on the first try was an ambitious goal. We\u2019ll learn a lot from today and try again at our next launch this spring,\u201d said Limp.<\/p>\n\nTopics:<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
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