Blue Origin
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| Company type | Limited Liability Company |
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| Industry | Aerospace industry |
| Founded | September 8, 2000 |
| Founder | Jeff Bezos |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | |
| Owner | Jeff Bezos |
Number of employees | 2,500 [3] (2019) |
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| Website | BlueOrigin.com |
Blue Origin Federation, LLC is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. The company was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is led by CEO Bob Smith.
New Shepard is a rocket that can carry up to six tourists to the edge of space for a few minutes before landing them on Earth with a parachute. It cannot place objects permanently into orbit, so it is called a "sub-orbital" vehicle.[5]
Flights of New Glenn rockets
[change | change source]A New Glenn rocket was launched as late as November 2025.[6]
The rocket's lower part will land on a boat, allowing it to be used again.[7]
- A New Glenn rocket was first launched in January 2025.[8] It is a launch vehicle (or carrier rocket) designed to carry objects into orbit.[9][10][11]
Kuiper Systems, a subsidiary of the company Amazon, has contracts to launch satellites into space. The use of New Glenn rockets is a part of the contract. These satellites will provide internet to people anywhere on Earth.[12]
It will be able to carry a large amount of people or satellites to space.
Flights of the New Shepard program
[change | change source]- April 14, 2025; The flight was part of the New Shepard program. The flight with six space tourists, has been criticized for being part of destroying planet Earth.[13][14]
- September 12, 2022; The flight was a failure and no people were on the flight: a booster rocket failed and that started the launch escape system; the capsule came to an altitude of about 37,000 ft (11,000 m), before its parachutes came out and it landed;[15] name of flight: NS-23; the company's 30th flight. The accident is under investigation by Federal Aviation Administration, as of 2022's fourth quarter.
- August 4, 2022; the company's sixth flight with people on board; name of flight: NS-22; the company's 29th flight was a success.
- June 4, 2022; the company's fifth flight with people on board; name of flight: NS-21; the company's 28th flight was a success.
- On July 20, 2021, Blue Origin had its first flight into space with people inside one of its spacecraft: three passengers and one commander. The flight was approximately 10 minutes, and crossed the Kármán line (at an altitude of 100 kilometers).
Vehicles being built and tested
[change | change source]The Blue Moon project is trying to create a rocket that can carry people, supplies, and science experiments between the surface of the Moon and an another orbiting rocket, such as New Glenn.[16]
Extra information
[change | change source]The company motto is Gradatim Ferociter, Latin for "Step by Step, Ferociously."[17]
Gallery
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New Shepard 2 (without capsule) in 2017
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ https://beta.sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/3488c1f1556745cb87c046135d8ffe00/download?api_key=null&token=%5B%5D
- ↑ Sheetz, Michael (April 18, 2018). "Blue Origin's new rocket engine will be able to launch '100 full missions,' CEO says". Cnbc.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ↑ Alan Boyle. "Blue Origin's expansion plans rush ahead at its Seattle-area HQ — and in Los Angeles". GeekWire – via Yahoo! News.
- ↑ Sveinn Vidar Gudmundsson (May 7, 2018). Blue Origin: Riding the Wave of Disruption in the Space Industry. p. 4. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.29752.03846. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ↑ "New Shepard". Blue Origin. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ↑ https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/2nd-launch-of-blue-origins-powerful-new-glenn-rocket-delayed-to-aug-15-at-the-earliest. Retrieved 2025-12-01
- ↑ "New Glenn". Blue Origin. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ↑ https://e24.no/teknologi/i/Eyq1da/romraketten-til-bezoz-klar-for-jomfrutur?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vg.no. Retrieved 2025-01-12
- ↑ Foust, Jeff (23 March 2022). "Vulcan Centaur on schedule for first launch in 2022 as New Glenn slips". SpaceNews. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ↑ Berger, Eric (March 1, 2021). "Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket is delayed for years. What went wrong?". Ars Technica. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Blue Origin delays first launch of New Glenn to late 2022". SpaceNews. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ https://www.tek.no/nyheter/nyhet/i/kEmMdX/amazon-har-faatt-groent-lys-for-starlink-konkurrent?utm_source=vgfront&utm_content=hovedlopet_row33_pos1&utm_medium=dre-63e63953ba7837bd53462766. TEK.no. Retrieved 2023-02-10
- ↑ https://people.com/emily-ratajkowski-slams-blue-origin-flight-says-it-was-not-an-accomplishment-11715576. Retrieved 2025-04-15
- ↑ https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/637Eo0/emily-ratajkowski-raser-mot-katy-perrys-romferd-dette-er-motbydelig. Retrieved 2025-04-15
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (2022-09-12). "Bezos' Rocket Crashes; No People Were Aboard". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ↑ "Blue Moon". Blue Origin. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ↑ "Gradatim Ferociter! Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin's motto, logo … and the boots". GeekWire. 2016-10-25. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
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