Maiden Flight
New Glenn
Blue Origin
Weather Forecast During Launch
According to weather officials, there’s a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.
Trajectory
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Mission
Maiden Flight
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit
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.
Location
Rocket
Landing
Core GS1-SN001
Booster GS1-SN001 last launched 01/16/2025 and has seen 0 successful launches and landings. First New Glenn first stage booster. Named “So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance”. Lost on its first flight during descent towards LPV1 Jacklyn.
Jacklyn – LPV1
Jacklyn is Blue Origins first floating landing platform for New Glenn.
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship – ASDS
An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.
Agency
Blue Origin
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.
GOOD LUCK GLENN.!
Just heard from a friend at Blue that its pushed to Jan 8th 1am. Please confirm and update, thanks!
confirmed
Pushed again to the 12th
now to the 13th 1am ish
Pushed again to the 14th. 1AM. 30% favorable weather conditions with light rain. I live close to the launch site. It looks grey and cloudy today. As Elon posted for this launch ” Godspeed”.
1200hrs -heavy clouds, winds Gone now. Enormous launch and land looks clear from 60miles.
Weather stable, passing showers, then just cloud cover. Online viewing only.