... question, as publicly traded Amazon would have to guard against conflicts of interest if it uses Bezos' private space company, Blue Origin. Once the decision is made, the wholly-owned subsidiary will launch the satellites at orbital altitudes of 590...
... or what launch vehicle they would use to reach orbit, but the billionaire also owns launch company Blue Origin. Its New Glenn orbital rocket is slated for a first launch in 2021.
... same time the agency has paused work on the Human Landing System for Artemis 3 to address a lawsuit by Blue Origin. In a statement to Ars Technica, a NASA spokesperson cited both COVID-19 and “weather” as affecting the schedule - apparent references...
... the International Space Station (ISS). This is significantly further than the spaceflights offered by Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, which settle for the Kármán line; an imaginary border 100 kilometres (62 miles) above Earth's mean sea level...
... $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX to start development. The award was quickly contested by rival bidders of the contract, Blue Origin, first to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and then to Court of Federal Claims. It lost both times, but...
... a new martian rover, sampling asteroid material and moon dust, the first crewed suborbital flights for Blue Origin and the first all-civilian crew to fly with SpaceX, the construction of a new Chinese space station...