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Amazon has successfully launched its Blue Origin New Shepard today 12 noon central, at its West Texas launch facility. The rocket reached a height of 300,000 feet which is 106,680 meters. It was a successful flight as it went 5% higher than previous attempts. The altitude Blue Origin reached, is classified as the Karman Line, the boundary between Earth's atomsphere and outer space. Blue Origin New Shepard isn't to launch satellite, but to bring humans to space travel and they wish this can be accomplished by the end of this year.

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The goal was to "push the system a little bit harder," according to launch webcast host Ariane Cornell, who also works on business development for Blue Origin.

Several minutes after launch, the rocket landed safely at a nearby pad and three large parachutes slowed the crew capsule's fall back to Earth to around 20 mph (32 km/h). Just before hitting the desert floor, retrothrusters on the bottom of the capsule fired to provide a soft landing.

 

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https://www.cnet.com/news/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-launches-new-shepard-rocket-to-space/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/blue-origin-return-new-shepard-flight-commercial-payloads/

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cool you can get it to the very edge of space. I wonder what its orbital velocity was as this isn't hard if they went straight up. 

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11 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

cool you can get it to the very edge of space. I wonder what its orbital velocity was as this isn't hard if they went straight up. 

Umm, a completely vertical ascent will fall back to Earth if it doesn't reach escape velocity. That's why gravity turns are used.

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And thus, Amazon has launched more successful objects and has a higher successful launch distance than the North Korean government.

 

 

 

But in seriousness.... Do I get free Prime Video while I wait for the rocket to take off?

 

Maybe they can use this rocket for same day delivery to the international space station?

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48 minutes ago, 2FA said:

Umm, a completely vertical ascent will fall back to Earth if it doesn't reach escape velocity. That's why gravity turns are used.

I know what I am wondering is if it was vertical all the way or did they do a gravity turn and then boost back. 

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Amazon has successfully launched its Blue Origin New Shepard today 12 noon central

can we not confuse blue origin with Amazon... 

Yes Jeff Bezos owns Amazon and blue origin but they are entirely separate companies.

its like saying paypal put a satellite in orbit. 

 

 

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Amazon didn't launch it. Blue origin launched a rocket. 

 

In other news Tesla has started digging tunnels 

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Amazon Prime Rocket DeliveryTM WHEN??

 

This will be interesting for those who want a rather short and expensive holiday in space (given that it is not orbital) but prices should come down once competition arrives in earnest (SpaceX seem interested only in Mars) and the system scales up to reduce cost overhead.

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3 hours ago, VegetableStu said:

why did they shape a bellend on the top of that thing?

This is speculation on my end, but I think it's probably the crew capsule.

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