Blue Origin completes investigation into New Glenn launch failure
Blue Origin has completed its investigation into the New Glenn rocket's launch failure, allowing launches to resume. The Federal Aviation Administration approved the report, which identified a cryogenic leak as the cause of the mishap. Blue Origin is preparing for its next launch, NG-4, while implementing corrective actions to prevent future issues.
- ▪Blue Origin's investigation into the New Glenn rocket failure has been completed.
- ▪The FAA confirmed the cause of the mishap was a cryogenic leak that affected engine thrust.
- ▪Blue Origin has identified nine corrective actions to prevent a recurrence of the failure.
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WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has completed the investigation into the failure on the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, clearing launches of the vehicle to resume. In a May 22 statement, Blue Origin said the Federal Aviation Administration approved its report investigating the April 19 launch of New Glenn on the NG-3 mission. During the flight, the second stage, called GS2 by the company, suffered a problem during its second burn. That stranded the payload, the BlueBird 7 satellite for AST SpaceMobile, in an orbit too low for the spacecraft to recover from. “Prior to our second GS2 burn, we experienced an off-nominal thermal condition, and, as a result, one of the BE-3U engines didn’t achieve full thrust to reach our target orbit,” Blue Origin stated.
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