Blue Origin, founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, is an American aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company. It develops reusable rocket engines, launch vehicles like New Shepard and New Glenn, in-space systems, and lunar landers such as Blue Moon. Blue Origin is also a NASA partner, collaborating on the Artemis program for lunar exploration and working towards a sustainable human presence on the Moon, with partners like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Draper. Key activities include space tourism, satellite deployment capabilities, and advancing technologies to lower space travel costs.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The BlueBird 7 mission was the third launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn vehicle.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn reached the wrong orbit before the delivery of its first lunar landing system.
Blue Origin placed the payload into an off-nominal orbit.
Blue Origin's launch cadence is intended to support customers such as Amazon's Project Kuiper and national security payloads.
Blue Origin entered a hold prior to terminal count on April 19, 2026.
Blue Origin plans to integrate Project Quartz with the TeraWave constellation and Project Sunrise orbital data centers.
Space Force tracked the Blue Origin and AST SpaceMobile launch as catalog 68765, 2026-85A, in a 154 x 494 km orbit with a 36.1-degree inclination.
Blue Origin cleared a hold and set a new T-0 for 7:25 a.m. EDT / 11:25 UTC on April 19, 2026.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn 3 mission had a mission apogee of 460 km and a perigee of 460 km.
Blue Origin launched and recovered a previously flown New Glenn first-stage booster on April 19, 2026.
Blue Origin became the second entity after SpaceX to vertically recover orbital-class boosters at sea.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn carried AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite from Launch Complex 36 (LC-36).
The Blue Origin and AST SpaceMobile launch was in a 154 x 494 km orbit at 36.1 degrees inclination.
Blue Origin confirmed payload separation on NG-3.
Tory Bruno became the President of Blue Origin’s National Security Group after leaving United Launch Alliance less than two months earlier.
Blue Origin expects to launch its Mark 1 lunar lander later in 2026 as part of its commitments to NASA's Artemis program, pending clearance of the New Glenn upper stage for flight.
Blue Origin's NG-3 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:25 a.m. EDT.
Blue Origin completed two New Glenn launches in 2025.
Blue Origin's New Glenn reached main engine cut-off and stage separation on April 19, 2026.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn is undergoing propellant loading.