The work centered on the Vehicle Access Tower at SLC-36, which supports launches of the New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp confirmed the tower’s completion in an October 24 statement, marking the end of a rebuild and repair effort on the structure.
Limp wrote that the Vehicle Access Tower is fully assembled, with every module repaired and back in place. The 430-ft. tower is the launch infrastructure at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-36 that will support New Glenn operations. Blue Origin is on track to resume pad operations in November, advancing the vehicle’s flight campaign following the earlier phase of operations.
The return to the pad signals renewed cadence for Blue Origin’s heavy-lift rocket. New Glenn is the company’s entry into the heavy-lift market, and the resumption of pad operations advances its flight campaign.
A November target gives Blue Origin a concrete calendar marker for returning New Glenn to the pad and rebuilding its launch tempo.
Attention now turns to the resumption of pad operations at SLC-36 in November, the next named milestone in the New Glenn flight campaign.
