Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, has failed to deliver a communications satellite to orbit for customer AST SpaceMobile during its third launch. The upper stage of the New Glenn rocket placed the BlueBird 7 satellite into an orbit that was lower than planned, causing it to have to be de-orbited to burn up in the atmosphere of Earth. This is the first major failure for Blue Origin's New Glenn program, which only made its first flight in January 2025 after over a decade in development. The company plans to launch 45 more to space by the end of 2026 and is pushing to be one of the main launch providers for NASA's Artemis missions to the moon and beyond. The cost of the loss of the satellite is covered by Ast SpaceMobile’s insurance policy, and there are pending future BlueBird satellites completed in around a month.