{"id":102556,"date":"2025-01-16T16:31:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/business\/?p=102556"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:10:19","slug":"rocket-launch-challenges-elon-musks-space-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/business\/2025\/01\/rocket-launch-challenges-elon-musks-space-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk&#8217;s space dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-4fbf3c94-0 ghgxIm\" data-component=\"ad-slot\" data-testid=\"ad-unit\">\n<div id=\"dotcom-top\" class=\"dotcom-ad active\" data-testid=\"dotcom-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"dotcom-ad-inner\">\n<div id=\"dotcom-slot-top\" class=\"dotcom-slot\" data-google-query-id=\"CMn-trGW-ooDFeleQQIdYE4vYA\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ\" data-component=\"caption-block\"><strong>JAN 16 &#8211; Amazon founder Jeff Bezos&#8217;s space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:02 local time (07:02 GMT).<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It firmly pits the world&#8217;s two richest men against each other in a commercial space race, vying to fly bigger and more powerful rockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Both want to populate the skies with more satellites, run private space stations, and provide transport for regular trips by people to the Moon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Congratulations on reaching orbit on the first attempt!&#8221; Musk wrote in a post to Bezos on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Dave Limp, CEO of Bezos&#8217;s space company Blue Origin, said he was &#8220;incredibly proud&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;We&#8217;ll learn a lot from today and try again at our next launch this spring,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Bezos&#8217;s team overcame technical barriers that caused delays earlier this week when ice formation halted a launch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Blue Origin&#8217;s employees and crowds gathered near Cape Canaveral cheered as the 98 meters-high rocket hurtled into orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But the company failed to land New Glenn&#8217;s main rocket engine, or booster, onto a platform in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It had hoped that the booster would be reusable for future launches but after about 20 minutes of flight, the company confirmed it had lost the engine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Bezos&#8217;s company Blue Origin has struggled to match the pace set by SpaceX. But this launch will be seen as a major step forward for the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The New Glenn rocket was named after John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth more than 60 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The rocket is more powerful than SpaceX&#8217;s most commonly-used rocket, the Falcon 9. It can also carry more satellites, and Bezos wants to use it as part of his Project Kuiper, which aims to deploy thousands of low-earth satellites to provide broadband services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">That project would compete directly with Musk&#8217;s Starlink service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\" data-testid=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/05ce\/live\/406483d0-d176-11ef-87df-d575b9a434a4.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Blue Origin Media New Glenn is 98 metres high\" \/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Blue Origin Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ\" data-component=\"caption-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ\" data-component=\"caption-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">New Glenn is 98 metres high<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin 25 years ago, claiming he wanted &#8220;millions of people working and living in space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">For years the venture has sent a smaller, resuable rocket called New Shepard to the edge of Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. It has carried passangers and payloads, including Bezos himself in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But Blue Origin has been dramatically outperformed by SpaceX, which launched its rockets 134 times last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">And SpaceX&#8217;s new generation of rocket, called Starship, is more powerful still. The company hopes to launch it in its seventh test flight later today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\" data-testid=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a546\/live\/3ea6ad50-cfac-11ef-94cb-5f844ceb9e30.png.webp\" alt=\"Blue Origin's rocket is bigger than SpaceX's most commonly used rocket\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ\" data-component=\"caption-block\">\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ\" data-component=\"caption-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Starship is even bigger than Blue Origin&#8217;s New Glenn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Some experts say a successful New Glenn rocket will create real competition between the two companies and could drive down the costs of space operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;What you are going to see are these two companies challenge each other to make even greater strides,&#8221; suggests Dr Simeon Barber at the Open University in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Governments have historically spent billions on building rockets and sending missions into space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But US space agency NASA is increasingly moving away from relying only on public money and has issued huge contracts to private companies to provide rockets and other space services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX has already received billions of dollars worth of space contracts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">His close relationship with the next US president, Donald Trump, could strengthen his company further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAN 16 &#8211; Amazon founder Jeff Bezos&#8217;s space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX. 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