Blue Origin’s fifth human flight — NS21 — will lift off from the firm’s Launch Site One in West Texas on Friday, May 20th. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. CDT / 13:30 UTC. The company will be providing a webcast of this flight at T-60 minutes at their BlueOrigin.com website. Blue Origin has […]
New Shepard
High Winds Delay New Shepard Mission
Due to forecasted high winds during launch and recovery operations on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30, the New Shepard Mission Operations team has made the decision to move the launch of NS-20 to Thursday, March 31. The team has completed Flight Readiness Review and confirmed the vehicle has met all mission requirements for […]
Forrester’s Digest: Blue Origin / Eclipse Global Connectivity + OneWeb / Intelsat /
The Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin rocket system says it plans to more than double the number of people it lofts into sub-orbital space upon its New Shepard vehicle. It was a New Shepard rocket which carried William Shatner into sub-orbital space last October. Bob Smith, chief executive of Blue Origin, speaking at the annual FAA […]