Blue Origin New Glenn rocket puts satellite payload into wrong orbit

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: CBS News

Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket's second stage put the payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, in an unusable orbit, officials said.

AST SpaceMobile of Midland, Texas, builder of the BlueBird 7 satellite, said in a statement the cellular relay station's on-board propulsion system could not compensate for the lower-than-planned altitude.

"During the New Glenn 3 mission, BlueBird 7 was placed into a lower-than-planned orbit by the upper stage of the launch vehicle," the company said. "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 was not revealed, but the company said it was fully insured.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/blue-origin-glenn-rocket-puts-183320518.html

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Heckuva job Bozos.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Derp.

[SergeStorms]

2. The patient died....

but the operation was a success.

[ananda]

5. Orwellian word magic.

!@#$%

[2naSalit]

3. Great.

[progressoid]

4. "The cost of the satellite was not revealed, but the company said it was fully insured"

Well, that's fine then.

[Aussie105]

6. Decisions were made, calculators were used, mistakes were made.

Space is a Big Place, so yeah, excusable.

Best get the vintage 1976 Texas Instruments calculators out again and calculate where it will 'de-orbit'.

When I see 'it was insured' methinks . . . yeah, who really pays for that mistake?

[Just Jerome]

7. So, take it

to the nearest authorized Amazon return center.

[flamingdem]

8. Good one!

[Talitha]

12. Winner, winner, Chicken dinner!

[NBachers]

9. They don't deserve to name it Glenn.

[BaronChocula]

10. I'm gonna write an Amazon review

"I wish I could give this zero stars. Delivery was late. And then they took it to the wrong address. I called customer support and they told me to give them 'a couple days' to get it corrected. What are they doing? This isn't brain surgery!"

[StoolPigeon]

11. It doesn't even appear to be rocket science.

[BaronChocula]

15. Bah dump bump, dshhhh!

On cue.

[City Lights]

13. Bezos, like Rapist, ruins everything he touches.

He is a moron, through and through.

[Zorro]

14. It happens more often than one would think

[fujiyamasan]

16. What's wild is that ASTS actually competes with Amazon Leo

And Starlink. ASTs basically is working on broadband cellular connectivity. Both ASTs and Leo have a ways to go though.

Of course ASTS needs a way to launch their satellites. India’s ISRO launched their previous satellite successfully in December. I don’t remember if they have used spacex before. Of course, you just can’t trust Bezos and Musk though.

Oops, we launched your satellie but it’s the wrong orbit!