Overview
- New Glenn, which flew Sunday, reused a first-stage booster that touched down on a platform in the Atlantic about nine and a half minutes after liftoff.
- The flight was the rocket's third and the first to fly a previously used booster after a failed recovery in January 2025 and a successful landing in November 2025.
- AST SpaceMobile said its BlueBird 7 communications satellite was left in a lower-than-planned orbit and will be deorbited to burn up, with insurance covering the loss.
- The company said additional satellites could be ready in about a month, and its shares fell roughly 15% at Monday's market open.
- The progress on reuse could cut costs for future NASA work as Blue Origin develops its Blue Moon lander and as NASA plans to test lunar landers in Earth orbit before a crewed return to the Moon.