Jeff Bezos' Aviation Company 'Blue Origin' Unveils 'Blue Ring' Spacecraft Platform Focused on Providing In-Space Logistics and Delivery
“We're offering our customers the ability to easily access and maneuver through a variety of orbits cost-effectively while having access to critical data to ensure a successful mission,” Ebertz added.
Washington, October 17: After dominating e-commerce goods deliveries on Earth, Jeff Bezos’ aviation company Blue Origin has unveiled Blue Ring, a spacecraft platform focused on providing in-space logistics and delivery, expanding upon its mission to build a road to space for the benefit of Earth. The platform provides end-to-end services that span hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and logistics, including an “in-space” cloud computing capability.
Blue Ring can host payloads of more than 3,000 kg and provides unprecedented delta-V capabilities and mission flexibility, the company said in a statement late on Monday. Blue Ring serves commercial and government customers and can support a variety of missions in medium Earth orbit out to the cislunar region and beyond. PM Narendra Modi Interacts With Sundar Pichai, Discusses Google’s Plan To Expand Electronic Manufacturing Ecosystem in India.
“Blue Ring addresses two of the most difficult challenges in spaceflight today: growing space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit,” said Paul Ebertz, Senior Vice President of Blue Origin’s In-Space Systems. “We're offering our customers the ability to easily access and maneuver through a variety of orbits cost-effectively while having access to critical data to ensure a successful mission,” Ebertz added.
Blue Ring is part of a newly-formed Blue Origin business unit called In-Space Systems. Meanwhile, outgoing Amazon’s devices and services chief Dave Limp is joining Blue Origin as CEO, replacing Bob Smith. Limp will join Blue Origin, starting December 4 as CEO and Smith will step aside on January 2 "to ensure a smooth transition”. WhatsApp New Feature Update: Meta-Owned Platform To Roll Out Support For 'Password-Less Passkey' Login Feature To All Android Users.
Limp joins Blue Origin at a key phase of the company’s multiple space projects. Blue Origin won a $3.4 billion NASA contract earlier this year to build a lunar lander for the US space agency’s astronauts. Last week, reports surfaced that Bezos-run aerospace company has laid off around 40 employees in its enterprise technology department.
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