Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was grounded after delivering the satellite to the wrong orbit

The Federal Aviation Administration has halted the launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket after it transferred its payload to the wrong orbit during its launch on Sunday, according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. Report from Orlando Sentinel. “The FAA is aware that the Blue Origin New Glenn 3 experienced an unfortunate accident during the second stage flight sequence following a successful launch,” the FAA said in a statement obtained by the FAA. Orlando Sentinel.

On Sunday, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launched New Glenn from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Nevertheless The reusable rocket booster is back To the landing pad without a problem, the rocket’s upper stage failed to deliver to AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite. Astspace Mobile Satellite says “It was placed in a lower than planned orbit” that is “too low to continue operations.” As a result, the satellite will be knocked out of its orbit.

Blue Origin confirmed that The second stage The spacecraft turned off its engines and was in a “coastal phase” after reaching a “non-nominal” orbit, but did not provide any further details about what went wrong or when it would return to Earth. As astronomer Jonathan McDowell notes, the power of space The data shows an object in orbitBut it is unclear whether it is tracking the AST satellite or New Glenn’s upper phase. Neither the FAA nor Blue Origin immediately responded EdgeRequest for comment.