The Petersburg Post

Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 - New Glenn 3 took off from the Blue Origin launch base in Florida's Cape Canaveral on Sunday morning, carrying a satellite by satellite company AST Space Mobile, which it aimed to deliver into low Earth orbit. , gave updates during the launch on X, saying that liftoff went smoothly and that the rocket's booster had returned to earth. "The payload was placed into an off-nominal orbit," the company said. "We are ...