Niepełny sukces New Glenna 19.04. o 11:25 z Cape Canaveral wystrzelona została RN New Glenn, która wyniosła na orbitę satelitę BlueBird 7 (BlueBird Block 2 FM2).
W T+9' 09" pierwszy stopień (GS1-SN002) wylądował na platformie LPV-1 (Landing Platform Vessel) Jacklyn na Atlantyku.
Blue Origin poinformowało, że satelita znajduje się na pozanominalnej orbicie (prawdopodobnie 160x380 km, aczkolwiek NORAD podaje 154×494 km i inklinację 36,1°), planowana była: hp=460 km, ha=480 km, i=49,4°.
Satelita, który nie będzie w stanie podnieść wystarczająco szybko orbity, zostanie wkrótce zdeorbitowany.http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n260416.htm#03II KW
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=6833.msg205239#msg205239https://space24.pl/pojazdy-kosmiczne/systemy-nosne/rakieta-new-glenn-gotowa-do-trzeciego-lotuBardzo przedwczesny powrót do atmosfery wygląda na nieuchronny.Chris Kemp @Kemp 7:15 PM · Apr 19, 2026
Agreed. unfortunately. It at 154×494 km @ 36.1°. Stowed, drag accel ≈ EP thrust accel — closer race than it looks. But the orbit has days and EP needs weeks to raise perigee meaningfully. Difficult to escape a 154 km hole. Watching for @planet4589’s next TLE.
https://x.com/Kemp/status/2045914283972940144Live Coverage: Third flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to feature 1st reuse of boosterApril 19, 2026 Spaceflight Now
(...) The launch of New Glenn 3, or NG-3 for short, marks a critical milestone for Blue Origin’s heavy-lift rocket. The booster, ‘Never Tell Me the Odds’, previously launched in November 2025 and successfully touched down on the company’s ocean-going landing platform, ‘Jacklyn’. (...)
While much of the booster is being reused, Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said the engines are not the same as the ones that powered the rocket to deliver NASA’s EscaPADE satellites to orbit.
“With our first refurbished booster we elected to replace all seven engines and test out a few upgrades including a thermal protection system on one of the engine nozzles,” Limp wrote in an April 13 post on social media. “We plan to use the engines we flew for NG-2 on future flights.” (...)
Blue Origin said it’s designing its boosters to support up to 25 flights each, but it’s unclear if that will include reusing the same set of engines 25 times along with the rest of the booster structure.
BlueBird 7 is the second satellite in AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation satellite constellation and is designed to support space-based cellular broadband for commercial and government customers. NG-3 will carry a single so-called Block 2 satellite, but future New Glenn mission can loft up to eight of the satellites, which feature an antenna and solar planel array, spanning 2,400 square feet.
“We remain on track to achieve our target of deploying 45 to 60 satellites into low Earth orbit by the end of this year,” AST Spacemobile’s Chairman and CEO Abel Avellan said in an earning call in March. “To support our launch cadence during 2026, we expect the New Glenn booster to be reused every 30 days.”
https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/04/19/third-flight-of-blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-to-feature-1st-reuse-of-booster/New Glenn launches on third mission, successfully reuses booster for the first timewritten by Haygen Warren April 18, 2026
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/04/ng-3-launch/AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 declared lost following New Glenn launchwritten by Ryan Caton and Chris Bergin April 19, 2026
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/04/ast-bluebird-7-lost-new-glenn-launch/ASTS potwierdził nieodwracalną awarięAST SpaceMobile Addresses Today’s Orbital Launch of BlueBird 7 on the New Glenn Launch Vehicle
Apr 19, 2026 2:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time
MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, addresses today’s orbital launch of BlueBird 7 on the New Glenn launch vehicle.
During the New Glenn 3 mission, BlueBird 7 was placed into a lower than planned orbit by the upper stage of the launch vehicle. While the satellite separated from the launch vehicle and powered on, the altitude is too low to sustain operations with its on-board thruster technology and will de-orbited. The cost of the satellite is expected to be recovered under the company’s insurance policy.
BlueBird 7 would have been AST SpaceMobile’s eighth deployed into low Earth orbit and is one of many planned for its space-based cellular broadband network. The company is currently in production through BlueBird 32, with BlueBird 8 to 10 expected to be ready to ship in approximately 30 days.
The company continues to expect an orbital launch every one to two months on average during 2026, supported by agreements with multiple launch providers, and it continues to target approximately 45 satellites in orbit by the end of 2026. (...)
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260419512905/en/AST-SpaceMobile-Addresses-Todays-Orbital-Launch-of-BlueBird-7-on-the-New-Glenn-Launch-VehicleAST SpaceMobile @AST_SpaceMobile Last edited 3:32 PM · Feb 19, 2026
BlueBird 7 - ENCAPSULATED. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
BB7 is encapsulated within @blueorigin's New Glenn launch vehicle and preparing for its journey to low Earth orbit, marking the formal handoff from AST SpaceMobile.
Next stop: the launch pad.
Yet another step in scaling the first space-based cellular broadband network built to connect directly with standard smartphones.
Now we are deploying the constellation designed to connect nearly 6 billion mobile users worldwide. 🌎📶📱
2,400 square feet phased- array. 3,800 patent and patent pending claims. 50+ partners. Enabling 120 Mbps. peak data rates.
We did not follow a market. We invented one.
The mission continues.
#ASTSpaceMobile #SpaceTech #Broadband #BlueOrigin #connectingtheunconnected #BlueBirds
https://twitter.com/AST_SpaceMobile/status/2024492288374649032Blue Origin @blueorigin 2:04 PM · Apr 19, 2026
Let's relive liftoff 🚀
https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/2045835912567783874Dave Limp @davill 6:16 PM · Apr 19, 2026
https://twitter.com/davill/status/2045899420487623009
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