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Live: Blue Origin launches its third New Glenn rocket carrying BlueBird 7 satellite

Watch live coverage as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches its third New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into low Earth orbit. The mission will see the reuse of the New Glenn first stage used on the NG-2 mission in …

Blue Origin Launches Bluebird 7 - Booster reuse and landing

Blue Origin launches its third mission, reusing the booster from Flight 2, and attempting recovery on the barge, Jacklyn. The mission is for AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite, sent into low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Launch Window: April 19th from 6:45AM to 8:45AM EDT (10:45-12:45 …

BlueBird Block 2 #2

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 36A Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 90% NG-3
GS1-SN002 - Jacklyn

AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.

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Updates


Cosmic_Penguin • April 19, 2026, 1:48 p.m.

Spacecraft separation; launch outcome pending.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 19, 2026, 11:25 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 19, 2026, 11:05 a.m.

New T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 19, 2026, 10:42 a.m.

Hold at T-3:57.


New Glenn

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Configuration:

The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    98.0 m
  • Diameter
    7.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    7.0 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    17126.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    New Glenn
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    New Glenn
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    45000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    13000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


GS1-SN002

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 13, 2025
Last Flight: April 19, 2026
Flights: 2
Landings Attempted: 2
Landings Successful: 2
Previous GS1-SN002 Flights

Landing Information

New Glenn booster GS1-SN002 has landed on Jacklyn after its 2nd flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Jacklyn.

Blue Origin

Blue Origin

(BO)

CEO: Jeff Bezos Founded: 2000 Successes: 39 Failures: 2 Pending: 4

Agency Type:

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

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