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Blue Origin preps New Glenn for first booster reflights with NG-3 static fire

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Blue Origin preps New Glenn for first booster reflights with NG-3 static fire
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Blue Origin fired up its New Glenn rocket in a 19-second static test at Cape Canaveral ahead of NG-3, a mission designed to refly a previously flown booster and push the two-stage vehicle toward its first reflights; the company replaced all seven first-stage engines on the refurbished booster and added upgrades including a thermal protection system on one nozzle, with NG-3 slated to launch Sunday carrying a Block 2 AST SpaceMobile satellite to low Earth orbit.

Topics:sciencelaunches-and-spacecraft#blue-origin#launches-and-spacecraft#new-glenn#ng-3#reflight#static-fire
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  1. Blue Origin fires up used New Glenn rocket ahead of landmark reflight (photo)  Space
  2. New Glenn’s Third Mission Slated for April 19  Blue Origin
  3. Blue Origin's third New Glenn launch faces key reuse test in rivalry with SpaceX  Reuters
  4. Blue Origin hot fires its first previously flown booster, prepares for weekend launch  Spaceflight Now
  5. Blue Origin to stream New Glenn rocket launch. Time, date, how to watch  USA Today

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