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To: HamiltonJay
Blue Origins has not had any round-trip orbital missions yet. They are still doing only 11 minute sub-orbital flights.

Their New Glenn is their orbital craft which is still undergoing test flights. It made its first uncrewed orbital flight in January. It's booster stage was lost during reentry, and the second stage is currently in a medium earth orbit with the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload attached. It will be deorbited to burn up in the atmosphere, but that date has not been announced yet.

-PJ

85 posted on 04/14/2025 9:39:51 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

I know, that is what I said, they only this YEAR finally managed to have an orbital flight. I know the flights they are doing are just suborbital 10 minute tourist crap.


87 posted on 04/14/2025 9:43:18 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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