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BlueBird 7 (Block 2 #2)
New Glenn, flown by Blue Origin
Launches / New Glenn
New Glenn, flown by Blue Origin
This was Blue Origin's 2nd launch of 2026, and its 41st in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 90th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the first from Launch Complex 36A.
Blue Origin
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.
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.
3 flights, 2 of them successful. 2 boosters brought back from 3 attempts.
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.
41 launches so far, 39 of them successful.
It went up from Launch Complex 36A at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
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