Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos' other company to do some heavy lifting
Summary
Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, plans to launch 48 Amazon satellites into low-Earth orbit using its New Glenn rocket as soon as June 4. This follows an investigation into a previous rocket failure caused by an engine problem related to a cryogenic leak, which Blue Origin has now fixed.Key Facts
- The last New Glenn rocket flight failed to place a satellite into the planned orbit due to an engine issue on the upper stage.
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Blue Origin finished investigating the failure in May, identifying a frozen hydraulic line from a cryogenic leak as the cause.
- Blue Origin has made nine corrective changes to prevent the same failure from happening again.
- The next launch will carry 48 commercial satellites for Amazon’s broadband network.
- This launch will be the largest number of satellites launched at once by Amazon.
- The New Glenn rocket uses seven engines powered by liquefied natural gas and liquid oxygen.
- Blue Origin aims to have a quick launch turnaround, showing progress after the last failure.
- Another heavy rocket, ULA’s Vulcan, faces problems with its solid rocket boosters and is currently grounded.
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