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Amazon’s ambition to rival Starlink set back after Blue Origin rocket grounded

Federal Aviation Administration forces Jeff Bezos’s space venture to halt operations of flagship New Glenn

Amazon’s efforts to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet business suffered a setback after Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin was forced to ground its New Glenn rocket following an unsuccessful test flight.

The US Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement on Sunday that it would require Blue Origin to halt the operation of its flagship rocket and investigate why it failed to correctly deploy the satellite it was carrying during a launch on Sunday.

The grounding could force Amazon to use Musk’s SpaceX to launch satellites for its Leo internet service, which has been touted as a competitor to Starlink.

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