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.
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Blue Origin aims for a 2024 first launch of its New Glenn rocket, which is contracted to launch NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
The lawsuit claims that 45% of Amazon's launch contract expenditures may go to Blue Origin, raising concerns of conflicts of interest with Jeff Bezos being the owner of Blue Origin.
Amazon is developing the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper system and has contracts for up to 83 launches with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance.
Debra Facktor provided vital advice to Gary Lai when he was an intern at Kistler Aerospace, who later became Chief Architect at Blue Origin.
Blue Origin is developing the New Glenn heavy rocket and is working with the U.S. Space Force to develop a plan to certify New Glenn for NSSL after New Glenn starts flying.
Blue Origin plans multiple New Glenn launches in 2024 and intends to meet its contractual requirements for Project Kuiper in 2024.
Blue Origin is working toward a first New Glenn launch in 2024 and expects the first flight vehicle to arrive at the integration facility by the end of the year.
One of Blue Origin’s contracted New Glenn launches for Project Kuiper would carry NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars smallsat mission, currently scheduled to launch in August 2024.
Amazon awarded contracts in April 2022 to Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance for up to 83 launches of Ariane 6, New Glenn, and Vulcan Centaur rockets to deploy the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
Blue Origin's New Shepard flight suffered an engine anomaly on an uncrewed launch almost exactly a year before Galactic 03.
Telesat characterizes Blue Origin’s New Glenn as expected to be available for Lightspeed launches when Telesat starts launching in mid-2026.
Telesat plans to retain launch optionality by using multiple launch providers including Blue Origin and Relativity Space.
Blue Origin plans to resume New Shepard flights starting with payload-only missions.
Amazon faces a July 2026 deadline in its FCC license to launch half of its 3,236 satellites using Ariane 6, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur.
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 and Blue Origin’s New Glenn were delayed to 2024.
The lawsuit alleges Amazon’s board and one of its committees spent barely an hour reviewing contracts with Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance before approving them in March 2022.
Amazon management informed the board’s audit committee in July 2020 that it was considering Arianespace, Blue Origin, ULA, and a fourth redacted company for Project Kuiper launch contracts.
Amazon selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace for launch contracts announced in April 2022 to support the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
The full Amazon board was briefed in November 2020 on Project Kuiper plans that included consideration of Blue Origin and ULA for launch contracts.
By January 2022 Amazon management provided the audit committee with summaries of the contracts it planned to sign with Blue Origin and ULA.