Blue Origin uses a recycled rocket to launch satellite for AST SpaceMobile
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By Alan Boyle
Published on April 19, 2026.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has used a previously flown New Glenn rocket booster to launch a satellite for AST SpaceMobile in Florida. The rocket made a successful touchdown on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean after its first flight in November. This feat puts Blue Origin's competition with SpaceX to a new level. The company's Florida team recovered and refurbished the booster for today's launch, and it is named Jacklyn as a tribute to Bezos' mother. This was the third launch for Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn. The primary objective of the mission was to deploy BlueBird 7 from the rocket’�s second stage in low Earth orbit.
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