{"id":1212411,"date":"2023-12-15T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212411"},"modified":"2023-12-15T07:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:00:37","slug":"rocket-report-signs-of-life-from-blue-origin-spacex-preps-next-starship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212411","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Report: Signs of life from Blue Origin; SpaceX preps next Starship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aeonr-hotfire1-800x448-1.jpg\" alt=\"Relativity Space's Aeon R engine fires up on a test stand in Mississippi.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aeonr-hotfire1.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1008\" data-width=\"1800\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Relativity Space&#8217;s Aeon R engine fires up on a test stand in Mississippi. (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dDXc4YeiIoc\">Relativity Space<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Welcome to Edition 6.23 of the Rocket Report! In last week&#8217;s report, my colleague Eric Berger mentioned what a year 2023 has been for rocket debuts. Several new launch vehicles flew for the first time this year, including SpaceX&#8217;s Starship and Japan&#8217;s H3. In this week&#8217;s report, we have some news on some major rocket debuts planned for 2024, namely United Launch Alliance&#8217;s Vulcan (now set for January) and Blue Origin&#8217;s long-awaited New Glenn.<\/p>\n<p>As always, we <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.wufoo.com\/forms\/launch-stories\/\">welcome reader submissions<\/a>, and if you don&#8217;t want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets, as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image shortcode-img center full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/smalll-1.png\" \/><\/div>\n<p><b>Lost tanks will delay final Vega launch.\u00a0<\/b>Remember last week&#8217;s report that Avio, the Italian rocket-maker, lost track of propellant tanks needed for the final launch of Europe&#8217;s Vega rocket? Well, it looks like Avio and the European Space Agency have a plan to remedy the situation, but it&#8217;s risky and will delay the Vega launch by several months, <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/final-vega-launch-delayed-because-of-upper-stage-tank-problem\/\">Space News reports<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cAvio has confirmed to ESA that there is an issue with tanks for the last Vega flight,\u201d said Toni Tolker-Nielsen, ESA director of space transportation, without addressing the earlier report that the tanks for Vega&#8217;s upper stage were found in a landfill, crushed and unusable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991267#p3\">Read 24 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991267&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocket Report: Signs of life from Blue Origin; SpaceX preps next Starship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Relativity Space&#8217;s Aeon R engine fires up on a test stand in Mississippi. (credit: Relativity Space) Welcome to Edition 6.23 of the Rocket Report! 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