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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket sits at Launch Complex 36 ahead of its scheduled launch early on the morning of Jan. 13 from the Space Force Station at Cape Canaveral.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Monday canceled the first launch of its New Glenn rocket due to problems with the vehicle at the last minute, hurting its bid to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the satellite space.
It was scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1 a.m. ET.
“We are abandoning today’s launch attempt to address a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window,” the company said on social media platform X.
Blue Origin said it is considering options for its next launch attempt.
The 320-foot-tall, partially reusable New Glenn rocket faced launch-time delays before the final decision to cancel the launch.
“As part of the long-term vision, we really need to protect this planet. And the role of space technology.” – said Arianna Cornell, Blue Origin’s vice president of space systems, during a live broadcast of the planned liftoff. “That’s also why we started with reusable rockets and reusable engines.”
This breaking news is being updated.
