{"id":17222,"date":"2024-03-19T23:05:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-plans-to-test-blue-ring-space-platform-on-pentagons-darksky-1-mission\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:05:39","slug":"blue-origin-plans-to-test-blue-ring-space-platform-on-pentagons-darksky-1-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-plans-to-test-blue-ring-space-platform-on-pentagons-darksky-1-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin plans to test Blue Ring space platform on Pentagon\u2019s DarkSky-1 mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full-width\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240319-bluering-630x354.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240319-bluering-630x354.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240319-bluering-1260x709.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240319-bluering-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240319-bluering.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">An artist\u2019s conception shows the Blue Ring logistics vehicle in orbit. (Blue Origin Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says that technology for its Blue Ring orbital platform will be put to the test during an upcoming mission sponsored by the Pentagon\u2019s Defense Innovation Unit.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Ring is a multi-mission, multi-orbit vehicle that\u2019s being developed to facilitate logistical services in orbit. The Pentagon-backed mission, known as DarkSky-1, will demonstrate Blue Origin\u2019s flight system, including space-based data processing and storage capabilities, ground-based radiometric tracking and Blue Ring\u2019s telemetry, tracking and command hardware, also known as TT&amp;C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lessons learned from this DS-1 mission will provide a leap forward for Blue Ring and its ability to provide greater access to multiple orbits, bringing us closer to our vision of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth,\u201d Paul Ebertz, senior vice president of Blue Origin\u2019s In-Space Systems business unit, said today in a news release.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeff Bezos on Blue Ring: computation in space | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kbur4VpxcNM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Blue Origin said the DarkSky-1 system is expected to be launched as a payload on a future national-security space launch manifested by the U.S. Space Force. It said the launch service provider and the specific time frame for launch have not been disclosed; however, a license application filed with the Federal Communications Commission says the launch is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The application says that the payload will remain attached to the launch vehicle\u2019s upper stage and trace an elliptical orbit ranging in altitude between 2,500 and 21,000 kilometers (1,550 to 13,000 miles). Mission duration would be no more than 12 hours, Blue Origin says in the application. <\/p>\n<p>Although Blue Origin didn\u2019t specify the cost of the mission, contract filings show that the Defense Department has awarded the company $4.9 million for the development of multi-orbit logistics vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve reached out to Blue Origin for further information and will update this report with any response.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist\u2019s conception shows the Blue Ring logistics vehicle in orbit. (Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says that technology for its Blue Ring orbital platform will be put to the test during an upcoming mission sponsored by the Pentagon\u2019s Defense Innovation Unit. Blue Ring is a multi-mission, multi-orbit vehicle that\u2019s being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[509,1249,4460,562,20,442],"class_list":["post-17222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-blue-origin","tag-blue-ring","tag-diux","tag-pentagon","tag-satellite","tag-satellites"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}