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Rocket Report: A good week for Blue Origin; Italy wants its own launch capability

Blue Origin is getting ready to test-fire its first fully integrated New Glenn rocket in Florida.

The Italian minister for enterprises, Adolfo Urso, recently announced that the country decided to move ahead with plans to again launch rockets from the Luigi Broglio Space Center near Malindi, Kenya. Italy will manage the reactivation of the space center, which has remained in service as a satellite tracking station, under the country's Mattei Plan, an initiative aimed at fostering stronger economic partnerships with African nations. Blue Origin has raised its fully stacked New Glenn rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of pre-launch testing, Florida Today reports.

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