{"id":298072,"date":"2017-03-08T07:49:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T06:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/amazons-blue-origin-rockets-rekindle-space-race-photos-video\/"},"modified":"2017-03-08T07:49:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T06:49:03","slug":"amazons-blue-origin-rockets-rekindle-space-race-photos-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/amazons-blue-origin-rockets-rekindle-space-race-photos-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s Blue Origin rockets rekindle space race (PHOTOS, VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2017.03\/thumbnail\/58bf7a08c3618829148b4596.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 8 Mar, 2017 04:52<\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made several announcements for his private space travel company, Blue Origin, showing off the first pictures of new rockets, picking up the company\u2019s first customer and releasing a new video. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>It\u2019s been a busy 48 hours for Bezos, who first surprised his Twitter followers with pictures of the first full-scale BE-4 rocket engines on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"EditDelete &lt;center&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot; data-lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Here\u2019s one more shot of BE-4 in its transport cradle. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/t.co\/T2HdZ3UtQZ&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com\/T2HdZ3UtQZ&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/838748973598900225&quot;&gt;March 6, 2017&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src=&quot;\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\">READ MORE: Amazon chief to announce new space exploration plans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin says the rockets will be the fastest way for America to end its dependence on the Russian-made RD-180 engine, since they do not require any taxpayer funds. Bezos has reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/41299bezos-investment-in-blue-origin-exceeds-500-million\/\">spent<\/a> over $500 million of his own money on the aerospace company since 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each BE-4 rocket engine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/technology\">uses<\/a> oxygen-rich staged combustion of liquid oxygen and liquefied natural gas to provide 550,000 pounds of thrust.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Bezos secured their first paying customer, the French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications during the Satellite 2017 Convention in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.eutelsat.com\/pressreleases\/eutelsat-signs-up-for-blue-origins-new-glenn-launcher-1845131\">statement<\/a>, Eutelsat\u2019s agreement with Blue Origin will cover the launch of at least one geostationary satellite between 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"EditDelete &lt;center&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot; data-lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Here\u2019s one more shot of BE-4 in its transport cradle. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/t.co\/T2HdZ3UtQZ&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com\/T2HdZ3UtQZ&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/838748973598900225&quot;&gt;March 6, 2017&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src=&quot;\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\">READ MORE: Amazon boss wants to start delivery service to the Moon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer said Tuesday that the deal with Blue Origin follows their \u201c<em>longstanding strategy of innovation that drives down the cost of access to space and drives up performance.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>This can only be good news for the profitability and sustainability of our industry,<\/em>\u201d Belmer added.<\/p>\n<p>With one small step, Blue Origin has entered into the private aerospace market that Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX has been dominating for years.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin released a video of its new super heavy-lift rocket, the New Glenn, in action on Tuesday. The New Glenn rocket is named after astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows how they plan to land the rocket vertically, just like SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTEhohh6eYk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin says the rockets will be designed to be fully reusable, which allows the firm to lower the cost of each launch.<\/p>\n<p>While the New Glenn is still under construction, Bezos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/34034-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-for-satellites-people.html\">said<\/a> the massive rockets will be between 270 to 313 feet tall, and will require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/be4\">seven<\/a> BE-4 engines for the first stage of lift-off, and one more for the second stage.<\/p>\n<p>During the Satellite 2017 conference, Bezos told a reporter at <a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/eutelsat-first-customer-for-blue-origins-new-glenn\/\">Space News<\/a> that the New Glenn \u201c<em>has quite a bit of capability,<\/em>\u201d and is able to lift up to 13 metric tons into space and 45 metric tons into low Earth orbit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Khb-mZnWuw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/379802-blue-origin-video-new-glenn\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. 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