• Snagged the booster, lost the satellite

    From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Apr 21 19:34:01 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    Despite their slow and steady approach, Blue Origin has had a launch
    failure, dropping AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird Block 2 FM2 into the
    initial orbit and losing power in the orbit raising burn.

    But they did recover the other expensive part ... GS1-SN002 Never Tell
    Me The Odds landed on the recovery ship Jacklyn, and this was actually
    the second time! (And yes, this is the second Noogle booster to fly.)

    /dps
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