Haven't heard anything from Blue Origin in a while but here there are in the news again with... a launch with 'space' tourist.
A few days ago a faulty sensor caused the Startolaunch ROC's latest test mission to be cut short. The crew landed the aircraft after just under an hour and a half of flying on a test mission that was expected to last 3 hours and 30 minutes. Another test flight is expected to go aloft soon and could be alot longer to make up for the short fall in testing on this last mission.
The seventh test flight has seen the Stratolaunch ROC reach its highest altitude so far....27,000 ft or FL270. Eventually the aircraft will reach its max operational flying height of 35,000 ft. This latest mission comes less than a week after the aircraft had to return early from the 6th flight as a result of a faulty sensor.
Nuri Rocket goes aloft for South Korea with satellites onboard. South Korea's Nuri rocket successfully launched 5 Earth observation satellites and a dummy satellite from the Naro Space Center on June 21, 2022. Nuri's first launch attempt ended in failure in 2021.
China's Kuaizhou-1A made its return to flight launching the Tianxing-1 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 22, 2022. Its the first flight for the Kuaizhou-1A since it failed to deliver its payload in 2021.