T+60: New Glenn’s Fairing, OneWeb’s Factory

Blue Origin announced a size increase to New Glenn’s fairing, and OneWeb has decided to keep their Toulouse factory open for other customers after their initial 10-satellite production run is over. Both decisions bring about some interesting implications for the market at large.

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• Blue Origin | New Glenn


• Blue Origin on Twitter: “Given customer response, we’re going straight to the 7m fairing and skipping 5.4m. Customers liking options the 2X volume provides.”


• New Glenn Gets Larger Fairing - Main Engine Cut Off


• OneWeb Satellites to keep Toulouse factory open for other customers - SpaceNews.com


• OneWeb Satellites to keep Toulouse factory open for other customers - Main Engine Cut Off


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