This is our first flight and we've prepared rigorously for it. But no amount of ground testing or mission simulations is a replacement for flying this rocket. Our key objective today is to reach orbit safely. Anything beyond that is icing on the cake.
Though delays due to system issues pushed the flight day from Monday to Thursday, the eventual launch positioned Blue Origin to better compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX, which launched 134 times in 2024.
The flight was a first for Blue Origin. The company deemed it a major success, writing in a post on X on Thursday that it was 'thrilled with today's outcome.'
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