New Glenn | Maiden Flight
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Launch Window
Jan. 16, 2025, 6 a.m. - Jan. 16, 2025, 9 a.m.
Jan. 16, 2025, 6 a.m. - Jan. 16, 2025, 9 a.m.
Watch live coverage as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches its New Glenn rocket for first time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff of the liquid methane and liquid hydrogen fueled...
Maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. Will carry the prototype Blue Ring payload tug and payload hoisting platform, consisting of communications array, power systems, and a flight computer affixed to a secondary payload adapter ring, remaining attached to the 2nd stage. This launch will serve as New Glenn's first National Security Space Launch certification flight. Target orbit is 2400 x 19300 km at 30° inclination.
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Launch success, 2nd stage and payload reached planned orbit.
Liftoff.
New T-0.
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New T-0.
The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.
See DetailsThe New Glenn first stage booster was lost on its first flight during descent towards LPV1 Jacklyn.
Result: GS1-SN001 did not land successfully.Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
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The launch company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos launched two successful missions in 2025, including landing its first booster on its landing barge.
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