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BLUE ORIGIN SUCCESSFULLY RE-USES A NEW GLENN ROCKET FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

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Blue Origin successfully reused one of its New Glenn rockets, but the overall success of the mission is in question as the communications satellite that the rocket carried to space wound up in an off-nominal orbit. The company missed its target, which suggests something may have gone wrong with the rocket's upper stage. It is unclear whether the upper stage performed its second burn, scheduled an hour after the rocket lifted off. The re-use feat was achieved on just the third-ever launch of New Glenn.