For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

This weekly newsletter on rockets provides definitive coverage of the global launch industry. The big news this week is the New Glenn and Starship missions.

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At a time when private firms and governments are developing their own satellite constellations and heavy communication ... a satellite constellation. The Ariane 5 rocket (retired in 2023) has ...

During tonight’s launch broadcast, a Blue Origin VP Ariane Cornell ... Dubbed a “heavy-lift” vehicle, its capabilities lie between SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and the more powerful Falcon ...

About 12.5 minutes later, the rocket's upper stage ... of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO). SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, which also features reusable first stage boosters, can lift around 70 ...

Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.