Blue Origin’s New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket achieved its first booster reuse on Sunday but failed its primary mission, placing AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite into a lower-than-planned orbit requiring de-orbiting. This marks the program's first major failure since its January 2025 debut, raising reliability questions as Blue Origin pursues critical NASA Artemis lunar contracts under Trump administration pressure.