The new blue rocket completed its second flight, The Washington Post Reports. The rocket was launched from the Cape Cannaveral Space Force station on Thursday, and successfully separated its first booster, which later arrived at the sea platform Blue Blue calls “Jacklyn.”
The launch marks the first time the space station has been able to hold the new Glenn Booster for later reuse. The maiden flight of the rocket in January was successful in the sense that it found a new glenn in space, but the blue origin could not save energy in the water grave. The company had hoped to launch the second new Glenn Mission on November 9, but it was canceled at the last minute due to weather.
New Glenn’s Second Mission is also notable for its payload: a rocket carrying nasa satellites to Mars as part of the ECCAPADEIS mission. If you think about the close relationship of SPACHX with NASA, the blue origin working with the agency can be an important vote.
It could also mean that the new Glenn is in a good position to help another company founded by Jeff Bezos accelerate its satellite plans. Posted He writes that the blue origin has an existing agreement with Amazon to launch its recently rebranded Amazon Leo Satellites into space. Leo is positioned as a competitor to StarLink, Spacex’s Internet service.
While Spacex has completed many more launches with its starship rocket than the blue core, it has also had several explosive failures along the way. The blue origin still needs more machines under its belt, but if it can repeat its success with the new Glenn, it could be a threat to Spainx.
