Launches / New Glenn
New Glenn, flown by Blue Origin
This was Blue Origin's 1st launch of 2025, and its 29th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 11th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the first from Launch Complex 36A.
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.
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.
3 flights, 2 of them successful. 2 boosters brought back from 3 attempts.
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.
41 launches so far, 39 of them successful.
It went up from Launch Complex 36A at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
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