Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket grounded after delivering satellite to wrong orbit

Blue Origin’s New Glenn launched successfully and the booster landed, but the upper stage failed to deliver AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to its planned orbit.

The FAA has grounded New Glenn while Blue Origin investigates the anomaly and the cause of the wrong-orbit insertion.

The mishap delays Blue Origin’s return to flight and adds scrutiny to the reliability of its new orbital rocket and customer payload delivery.