The launch took place from the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida at 10:03 Moscow time. The spacecraft (its second stage) reached orbit and successfully launched the Blue Ring Pathfinder satellite. During a planned attempt to land on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean, the first stage collapsed. The launch was supposed to take place on January 13, but it was postponed due to an unforeseen technical difficulty discovered immediately before the launch.
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Elon Musk conveyed congratulations to Jeff Bezos on the successful launch of the New Glenn launch vehicle. He wrote about this on his page on the X network.
New Glenn is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Work on the heavy launch vehicle has been carried out by Blue Origin since 2012, the launch was postponed from 2021. Jeff Bezos is one of the richest people on the planet, sharing leadership with billionaire Elon Musk.
