Now here’s a double irony:
1. SpaceX launched 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation — a competitor to StarLink!
2. Bezos has to depend on SpaceX to launch his satellites and cannot use his own Blue Origin rockets.
And Katy Perry did not reach orbit.
2. Bezos has to depend on SpaceX to launch his satellites and cannot use his own Blue Origin rockets.
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However, Blue Origin has a hybrid chemical/electric engine that will power its MTO missions. The new engine will allow a wide latitude of launch times and increased maneuverability with unlimited power.
Blue Origin announced on August 12, 2025, a proposed Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) mission. This orbiter, based on Blue Origin’s Blue Ring satellite platform, is designed to support future NASA Mars missions, including a potential Mars Sample Return mission and future crewed expeditions, with an envisioned operational date by 2028. The MTO would be supplemented by deployable UHF relay satellites to provide wide-area coverage on Mars. The system will make possible near real time communications between Earth and Mars.
jeffy has bought rides for kuiper on ula atlas and vulcan rockets and spacex falcon 9. his blue origon new glen has only launched once and a new on is not ready till the end of this year.