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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket grounded after delivering satellite to wrong orbit
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket experienced a mishap during its launch, resulting in the rocket's upper stage failing to deliver AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite into a planned orbit. The rocket's reusable booster returned to its landing pad without issue, but the upper stage was placed into a lower-than-planned orbit, which is too low to sustain operations. The satellite will be de-orbited as a result.