Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully re-used its booster for the first time on Sunday, but the upper stage placed AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite into an orbit too low to operate—the satellite will now be de-orbited and burned up. The $100+ million loss is insured and won't derail AST SpaceMobile's broader satellite constellation plan, but this marks the first major failure of New Glenn and carries real stakes: Blue Origin is competing with SpaceX to become NASA's primary launch provider for returning humans to the moon before Trump's term ends in 2029. The failure could force a schedule rethink—Blue Origin had previously considered launching its own lunar lander prototype on the next New Glenn mission.