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Watch Blue Origin Launch New Glenn For The First Time!

The first launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, mission name NG-1, is scheduled for no earlier than January 12, 2025, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This ...

Watch live: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches a New Glenn rocket for first time at Cape Canaveral

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🚀 Blue Origin New Glenn Launch: Successful Orbit, No Booster Landing

This is the maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. It will carry the prototype DarkSky-1 Blue Ring Pathfinder, consisting of communications array, power systems, and a flight computer affixed ...

Maiden Flight

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Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Medium Earth Orbit Launch Complex 36A Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 40%
GS1-SN001 - Jacklyn

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.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 16, 2025, 8:57 a.m.

Launch success, 2nd stage and payload reached planned orbit.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 16, 2025, 7:03 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 16, 2025, 6:30 a.m.

New T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 16, 2025, 6:25 a.m.

Hold at T-11:03.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 16, 2025, 6:09 a.m.

New T-0.


New Glenn

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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.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    82.0 m
  • Diameter
    7.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    7.0 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    17100.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    New Glenn
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    New Glenn
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    45000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    13000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


GS1-SN001


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: January 16, 2025
Last Flight: January 16, 2025
Flights: 1
Landings Attempted: 1

Landing Information

The 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

Blue Origin

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CEO: Jeff Bezos Founded: 2000 Successes: 34 Failures: 1 Pending: 4

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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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