Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket blasts off, reaches orbit on initial flight

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket blasts off, reaches orbit on initial flight  Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday, January 16, morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth's orbit for Jeff Bezos' space company as it aims to rival SpaceX in the satellite launch business.  Thirty stories tall with a reusable first stage, New Glenn launched around 2 a.m. ET (0700 GMT) from Blue Origin's launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, its seven engines thundering under cloudy skies on its second liftoff attempt this week.  Hundreds of employees at the company's Kent, Washington headquarters and its Cape Canaveral, Florida rocket factory roared in applause as Blue Origin VP Ariane Cornell announced the rocket's second stage made it to orbit, achieving a long-awaited milestone.  BLUE ORIGIN / REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #blueorigin

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00:00That's the big water command, there's the water deluge, here we go, New Glenn!

00:16It's time to do this, let's light this candle!

00:19Autopilot enabled.

00:20T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

00:31Liftoff.

00:41All seven engines have pulled thrust.

00:44Checking for pressures are good, vehicles cleared the tower.

00:47Now passing 18 seconds into flight.

00:54Engine chamber pressures look good.

00:5727 seconds in, vehicles.

01:01End of roll, straight channel level.

01:03Chamber pressures continue to look good.

01:0750 seconds in.

01:09Data quality looks good, coming down from the vehicle.

01:15All seven engines continue to look good on the first stage.

01:18Data quality is good, coming down from the vehicle.

01:21One minute, 15 seconds into flight.

01:29Engines continue to perform well.

01:31Now passing through max Q, maximum dynamic pressure.

01:36Body rate responses are nominal throughout the first stage.

01:41Data quality continues to look good.

01:43Chamber pressures looking good.

01:50Trajectory is nominal.

01:57Two minutes, 40 seconds.

01:59Approximately 30 seconds remaining in boost phase.

02:07We have stage set.

02:09We have stage set.

02:16SECO.

02:18We cut off the engines on the second stage.

02:22What does that mean?

02:24That means that we hit our key, critical number one objective.

02:28We got to orbit safely.

02:31Congratulations, Blue Origin.

02:34Y'all have gone orbiting.

02:40What a day.

02:42We see our team down in Huntsville.

02:44Our team's in Kent.

02:46I know the team out at Card Park.

02:48We've got Jeff Bezos.

02:50We have Dave Limp, our CEO.

02:52Mark Featherstone.

03:09We are the team.

03:11We are the team.

03:13We are the team.

03:15We are the team.

03:17We are the team.

03:19We are the team.

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