Three months ago, we successfully flew our second test vehicle in a short hop mission, and then last week we lost the vehicle during a developmental test at Mach 1.2 and an altitude of 45,000 feet,” Bezos wrote in a statement posted to the Blue Origin website Sept. 2. They shared pictures of the secret rocket. They are already working on our next development vehicle.
Here it is at mach 1.2 and 45,000 feet right before the thrust termination system activated
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