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The rocket lifted off at around 7.25am ET (12.25pm Irish time) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the booster touchdown happened about 10 minutes later.
New Glenn successfully reused its booster, demonstrating reliability to compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9.
KEY POINTS
- The booster, 'Never Tell Me the Odds,' was previously recovered from the NG-2 mission in November.
- Blue Origin plans to develop a larger New Glenn 9x4 variant announced in November.
- AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 carries the largest commercial communications array deployed in low-Earth orbit.
- BlueBird 7 is part of a constellation aiming to provide direct smartphone connectivity from space.
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