{"id":1892809,"date":"2026-04-20T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892809"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:30:16","slug":"the-faa-grounds-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-after-failure-to-put-payload-in-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892809","title":{"rendered":"The FAA grounds Blue Origin New Glenn rocket after failure to put payload in orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/jgzYr71RBlPGllTLNo3jMA&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03Mzk-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/0377ae10-3cdd-11f1-a9dd-c51879704ea9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"article-ec4e9a1a-c65d-4339-aa7f-d80ea7d81be3\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px]\">\n<nav class=\"prestige-breadcrumb relative mx-4 md:mx-0\" 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class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-20T17:30:16.000Z\">Mon, April 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-0 mt-4 flex items-center lg:ml-3 lg:mt-0\">\n<div class=\"ml-0 mr-2\">\n<div class=\"relative flex\">Add Engadget on Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-20T17:30:16.000Z\">Mon, April 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-8 lg:gap-x-0 mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px] md:grid-cols-[[main-start]_1fr_[main-end_right-start]_min-content_[right-end]] lg:!gap-x-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-main\" data-i13n-boundary=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid 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(FAA) has grounded Blue Origin&#8217;s New Glenn rocket following an incident during Sunday&#8217;s launch from Cape Canaveral, <ins>according to reporting by <\/ins><em><ins>Orlando Sentinel<\/ins><\/em> and others. The rocket looked good on the way up but was ultimately unable to <ins>put its payload into the correct orbit<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The FAA is calling the incident a &#8220;mishap&#8221; and is beginning an investigation to &#8220;enhance public safety, determine the root cause of the event and identify corrective actions to avoid it from happening again.&#8221; The organization said in a statement that a &#8220;return to flight is based on the FAA determining that any system, process or procedure related to the mishap does not affect public safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The company hasn&#8217;t provided any information as to what happened with New Glenn that made it mess up the positioning. It was supposed to position a satellite into a 285 mile orbit after completing two burns, but telemetry data shows that the satellite only reached a 95 mile orbit, which is not sustainable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This was New Glenn&#8217;s third mission, and not the first time the rocket has been grounded by the FAA. Blue Origin was unable to land it after the <ins>debut launch<\/ins> and it wasn&#8217;t allowed to fly again <ins>for nearly three months<\/ins>. The agency hasn&#8217;t announced when the rocket will be cleared to fly this time, so we don&#8217;t know if it will put a crimp in Blue Origin&#8217;s plans to launch a bunch of Amazon Leo broadband satellites. That mission is <ins>currently scheduled for later this year<\/ins> and will use the New Glenn rocket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The FAA has grounded several rockets due to mishaps in recent years, including the smaller <ins>Blue Origin New Shepard<\/ins>. It has also grounded <ins>SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9<\/ins> and <ins>Starship<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-main grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"no-scrollbar col-body mx-4 mb-8 mt-2.5 overflow-x-scroll whitespace-nowrap md:mx-0 md:max-w-[750px] md:overflow-x-visible md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto max-w-screen-sm\">\n<ul class=\"inline-flex text-xs md:text-sm\">\n<li class=\"mr-6\">About our ads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded Blue Origin&#8217;s New Glenn rocket following an incident during Sunday&#8217;s launch from Cape Canaveral, <ins>according to reporting by <\/ins><em><ins>Orlando Sentinel<\/ins><\/em> and others. The rocket looked good on the way up but was ultimately unable to <ins>put its payload into the correct orbit<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The FAA is calling the incident a &#8220;mishap&#8221; and is beginning an investigation to &#8220;enhance public safety, determine the root cause of the event and identify corrective actions to avoid it from happening again.&#8221; The organization said in a statement that a &#8220;return to flight is based on the FAA determining that any system, process or procedure related to the mishap does not affect public safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The company hasn&#8217;t provided any information as to what happened with New Glenn that made it mess up the positioning. It was supposed to position a satellite into a 285 mile orbit after completing two burns, but telemetry data shows that the satellite only reached a 95 mile orbit, which is not sustainable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This was New Glenn&#8217;s third mission, and not the first time the rocket has been grounded by the FAA. Blue Origin was unable to land it after the <ins>debut launch<\/ins> and it wasn&#8217;t allowed to fly again <ins>for nearly three months<\/ins>. The agency hasn&#8217;t announced when the rocket will be cleared to fly this time, so we don&#8217;t know if it will put a crimp in Blue Origin&#8217;s plans to launch a bunch of Amazon Leo broadband satellites. That mission is <ins>currently scheduled for later this year<\/ins> and will use the New Glenn rocket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The FAA has grounded several rockets due to mishaps in recent years, including the smaller <ins>Blue Origin New Shepard<\/ins>. It has also grounded <ins>SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9<\/ins> and <ins>Starship<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/science\/space\/the-faa-grounds-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-after-failure-to-put-payload-in-orbit-173016117.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/jgzYr71RBlPGllTLNo3jMA&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03Mzk-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/0377ae10-3cdd-11f1-a9dd-c51879704ea9&#8243;] Science Space The FAA grounds Blue Origin New Glenn rocket after failure to put payload in orbit There will be an investigation into the &#8220;mishap.&#8221; Lawrence Bonk Contributing Reporter Mon, April 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC Add Engadget on Google Mon, April 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC Blue Origin The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,63],"class_list":["post-1892809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-engadget-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1892809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1892809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1892809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}