FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn after orbital setback
Andreea Neblea
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday ordered Blue Origin, the space technology company, to investigate the failure of the second stage of its massive New Glenn rocket. Although the rocket launched successfully from Florida on Sunday, it failed to deploy the AST SpaceMobile communications satellite into the correct orbit. The FAA is requiring Blue Origin, owned by US billionaire Jeff Bezos, to conduct a mishap investigation and obtain agency approval of its final report before
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