Tag: Blue Origin
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Blue Origin is Back to Launching Rockets. That’s Good News For Amazon’s New Internet Service
Blue Origin on Tuesday successfully launched its first rocket in more than 15 months after an in-flight failure grounded the program. The New Shepard rocket, flying under the mission designation NS-24 (the 24th mission), was unmanned but featured 33 scientific payloads. The launch, which was originally scheduled for Monday, but was delayed due to a…
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Amazon’s Device Chief Will Reportedly Take Over Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin
Amazon’s head of products and services, Dave Limp, maybe leaving the company, but it won’t be too far from founder Jeff Bezos’s circle. The executive, fresh off of leading the company’s fall event last week, will take over as the CEO of Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company, according to The Washington Post. He will replace…
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Is Blue Origin Ready to Launch After Last Year’s Rocket Explosion?
A year after Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket explosion in West Texas, the company appears ready for its next launch test next month. Blue Origin is readying the New Shepard launch system and has “tentative” plans to test a crewless flight in early October, according to Ars Technica. A successful launch might put the company…
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Telesat Teams Up With SpaceX To Build Satellite Internet Service With Gig Speeds
SpaceX struck a deal with Telesat satellite company on Monday to launch the Telesat Lightspeed constellation into Low Earth Orbit. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will make 14 launches starting in 2026, delivering 18 Telesat Lightspeed satellites each time, according to the satellite company. Telesat aims to begin providing satellite internet service with gig speeds globally by…
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Amazon Sued Over Its New Cheap Home Internet Service As Investors Push Back
Investors filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the company didn’t properly field competing proposals before choosing Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin startup to launch the satellites for its new home internet service, code-named Project Kuiper. Amazon decided to accept Blue Origin’s launch contract after spending less than an hour reviewing it, according to the suit’s plaintiff,…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Scouting Out New Launch Sites to Expand Space Missions
Blue Origin has been making leaps of progress toward making civilian space travel a reality by developing reusable, cost-effective rocket technology. The company is expanding its operations and looking for new launch sites to add to its existing collection in Texas, Washington, Florida, and Alabama consisting of ten facilities. The next launch location hasn’t been…
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How to Watch the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin Space Flight
The time has come for Blue Origin’s highly publicized trip to space, and Jeff Bezos will indeed be onboard the shuttle. The Amazon and Blue Origins founder will be one of four passengers on the New Shepard space shuttle, along with his brother Mark, 82-year-old pilot Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk who was one of the…