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Blue Origin

US
commercialFounded 2000
www.blueorigin.com/
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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

Blue Origin formed a Board of Advisors on 2020-12-01 in Kent, Washington.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductDec 1, 2020Blue Origin Announces Board of Advisors

Blue Origin established a seven-person board of advisors on 2020-12-01.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductDec 1, 2020Blue Origin creates advisory board

Lockheed Martin is a member of the Blue Origin-led National Team developing a crewed lander for NASA’s Human Landing System program.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipNov 10, 2020Japanese lunar lander company ispace opens U.S. office

Telesat signed launch contracts with Blue Origin’s New Glenn to fly 30 to 35 Telesat LEO satellites per launch.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 29, 2020Telesat to announce satellite, launch contracts by year’s end

NASA completed certification baseline reviews with Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX on 2020-10-22, confirming lander development plans and agreed standards.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2020NASA weighing lunar lander budget options

Three companies—Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX—are working on lunar lander designs under 10-month base period awards NASA made in April 2020.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2020NASA weighing lunar lander budget options

Blue Origin built a large rocket factory outside the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to manufacture New Glenn boosters and is developing a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

The $500,000,000 Launch Service Agreement awarded in October 2018 was structured to be spread over six years and would have continued through 2024 if Blue Origin had won a launch services procurement contract.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

Blue Origin opened a factory in February in Huntsville, Alabama to produce engines for New Glenn and for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

On 2020-08-07, the Air Force planned to terminate the Launch Service Agreements with Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman and did not have budget authority to continue funding those agreements.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

Blue Origin competed for the Air Force launch provider role but lost and the Air Force plans to terminate the $500,000,000 Launch Service Agreement that Blue Origin received in October 2018 to advance development of its New Glenn rocket.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

The FAA supported three licensed launches since the current fiscal year began 2020-10-01, one each by Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 16, 2020FAA publishes streamlined commercial launch regulations

Blue Origin planned a first partial-g New Shepard flight around 2022.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginNarrative GeneralOct 13, 2020New Shepard returns to flight with successful suborbital mission

New Shepard NS-13 lifted off from Blue Origin’s West Texas test site at 9:36 a.m. Eastern.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 13, 2020New Shepard returns to flight with successful suborbital mission

The U.S. Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreement contracts to Blue Origin for $500 million, to United Launch Alliance for $967 million, and to Northrop Grumman for $762,000,000 to help the companies defray the costs of developing new rockets and infrastructure while competing for a launch service procurement contract.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 3, 2020California judge ends SpaceX’s lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force

SpaceX challenged the U.S. Air Force over contracts the Air Force awarded in October 2018 to United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipOct 3, 2020California judge ends SpaceX’s lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force

NASA’s current funding for the Human Landing System covers the base period of awards made in April 2020 to Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX through February 2021.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductOct 1, 2020NASA safety panel warns of technical and budgetary risks to Artemis program

Blue Origin posted a job listing seeking a leader to develop commercial space stations in low Earth orbit as part of a new product line called 'Orbital Habitat Formulation'.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductSep 24, 2020Blue Origin to venture in the commercial space station business

Blue Origin posted a job opening on 2020-09-18 for an "Orbital Habitat Formulation Lead" at its headquarters in Kent, Washington.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginTechnical ProductSep 22, 2020Blue Origin considers entering commercial space station business

Blue Origin completed the New Shepard NS-13 mission on 2020-10-13.

Mentioned as: Blue OriginOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2020New Shepard Mission NS-13 Launch Updates
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