Dave Limp
@davill
Now that we have a more complete view, we wanted to provide an update on our NG-3 mission. While we are pleased with the nominal booster recovery, we clearly didn't deliver the mission our customer wanted, and our team expects. Early data suggest that on our second GS2 burn, one of the BE-3U engines didn’t produce sufficient thrust to reach our target orbit. Blue Origin is leading the anomaly investigation with FAA oversight to learn from the data and implement the improvements needed to quickly return to flight operations. We have been in steady communication with the team at AST SpaceMobile, we appreciate their partnership, and we’re looking forward to many flights together.
10:41 AM · Apr 20, 2026
https://x.com/davill/status/2046283237887218141
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/bl...-third-launch/
TLDR: As of yesterday, Amazon's second stage rocket failed to reach orbit and the satellite is breaking up uncontrolled over land.
It's stating the obvious again that we should've gone with Starlink, established and proven, politics aside. Future promises means nothing especially in the space industry.
If you think otherwise, I have a supersonic commercial airliner to sell you that will be ready in 2024! (I promise).
On another note, the prelim on the 330 extreme turbulence event was just published in Comply this week. It has a whole page discussing Viasat connectivity and the crew's wi-fi. Obviously can't post details here but make your own conclusions.