Private Space Company Faces Setback in Commercial Satellite Launch
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket and landed its booster stage, but the mission was marred by the placement of a communications satellite into an orbit too low to be useful. The satellite, BlueBird 7, was released successfully but had been placed into an off-nominal orbit, according to Blue Origin. The loss is expected to be recovered under the company’s insurance policy. The incident occurred during the third launch of the New Glenn rocket, as reported by Yahoo News Canada.