Spaceflight 🚀Jul 6, 2023
#Forbes 📆 Jun 23, 2023 "#Amazon says half of the 3,236 #satellites 🛰️ will be up above us by 📆 2026" - but who will #launch 🚀 them ? 🤔 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2023/06/23/project-kuiper-how-amazon-will-drape-the-world-in-satellites/

• #BlueOrigin / #NewGlenn : no news / tests yet
• #Ariane 6 is years late (again)
• #ULA's #Vulcan is late, dependent on #BE4 engines
All three will be operative until 2025
7.4%
Microlaunchers
2.9%
SpaceX
36.8%
They need a miracle
52.9%
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Project Kuiper: How Amazon Will Drape The World In Satellites

Amazon is moving into the low-earth orbit satellite business, and those satellites will be coming thick and fast. Here’s what the company has to say about the project.

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Show threadDolson
@spaceflight I think #NewGlenn is going to be operational earlier than you might expect. We’re just used to #SpaceX being so much more open about their development that it seems like nothing is happening with Blue. I could be wrong though
Jul 6, 2023 at 4:47pmWeb
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jul 6, 2023
@bcoffy I think they make a lot of noise about flying #SpaceTourists to the edge of #space, so why aren't there any news at all about "the real thing" ? (At least the BE4 production rate)🤔 https://techhub.social/@spaceflight/109348097697876507
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"By the time #BlueOrigin was created in 📆 2000, #Amazon had already earned him several billion. #SpaceX 🐇 came about two years later when #Musk successfully sold #PayPal for $160 million. The turtle’s pace 🐢 made #NewShepard #BlueOrigin’s only real achievement in 20 years. A #suborbital booster with a cargo-passenger capsule starts vertically and rises to a height of 100km" https://orbitaltoday.com/2022/04/19/blue-origin-vs-spacex-the-hard-race-to-space-leadership #SpaceCompany #ReusableLaunchVehicle #SpacecraftComparison

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Show threadRed Hot Rocket Jul 6, 2023

@spaceflight @bcoffy Blue Origin is doing a lot of cool stuff besides rockets. But I agree that the company was mismanaged the last decade (or two).

About the "why aren't there any news at all about "the real thing"".
Blue is a company that prefers to keep everything a secret, until it is done. But if you know where to look, there is plenty of "news".

Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jul 8, 2023
@redhotrocket @bcoffy indeed https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/as-summer-turns-to-fall-ula-still-waiting-for-its-be-4-rocket-engines/
As summer turns to fall, ULA still waiting for its BE-4 rocket engines

"Why, Mr. Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles."

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jul 8, 2023
@redhotrocket @bcoffy https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-200th-upgraded-raptor-engine/
SpaceX ships Starship's 200th upgraded Raptor engine

A day after revealing the completion of the 200th Falcon upper stage and Merlin Vacuum engine, SpaceX has announced that it also recently finished building Starship’s 200th upgraded Raptor engine. Starship – and Raptor, by extension – has yet to reach orbit and is likely years away from scratching the surface of the established success […]

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