Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral, derailing fourth flight set to carry Amazon Kuiper satellites
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral on May 28. The vehicle was being prepared for its fourth flight, which would have carried Amazon Kuiper internet satellites into orbit. No injuries; satellites were not on board.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 36 on May 28 around 9 p.m. local time. The vehicle was being prepared for its fourth flight, which would have carried Amazon Kuiper internet satellites into orbit. No injuries; satellites were not on board. The Space Force, Blue Origin, and the FAA are investigating. New Glenn had only been cleared to fly again on May 22 after an April upper-stage failure that lost an AST SpaceMobile satellite. NASA depends on New Glenn for Artemis cargo flights; Amazon's Kuiper constellation, a rival to SpaceX Starlink, also depends on the rocket.