{"id":17150,"date":"2025-01-09T18:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-postpones-first-launch-of-new-glenn-rocket-due-to-high-seas-for-landing\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:47:39","slug":"blue-origin-postpones-first-launch-of-new-glenn-rocket-due-to-high-seas-for-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-postpones-first-launch-of-new-glenn-rocket-due-to-high-seas-for-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin postpones first launch of New Glenn rocket due to high seas for landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full-width\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/250106-newglenn-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-854141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/250106-newglenn-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/250106-newglenn-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/250106-newglenn-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/250106-newglenn-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/250106-newglenn.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Blue Origin Image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says it\u2019s delaying the first-ever launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions for landing the first-stage booster.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station\u2019s Launch Complex 36 in Florida had been scheduled for no earlier than 1 a.m. ET Friday (10 p.m. PT tonight). But in an update posted to the X social-media platform, Blue Origin said the attempt has been rescheduled for a three-hour launch window that opens at 1 a.m. ET Sunday (10 p.m. PT Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>The schedule shift was made \u201cdue to a high sea state in the Atlantic where we hope to land our booster,\u201d Blue Origin said. Video coverage of the countdown is expected to be streamed via BlueOrigin.com starting about an hour before liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>New Glenn, which is named after the late pioneer astronaut John Glenn, is due to launch Blue Origin\u2019s Blue Ring Pathfinder, a payload that\u2019s designed to test the communications, power and control systems for the company\u2019s Blue Ring multi-use space platform. The test flight is part of a prototyping effort for orbital logistics that\u2019s supported by the Pentagon\u2019s Defense Innovation Unit.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin has been working on the development of New Glenn for more than a decade \u2014 and mission controllers are likely to be monitoring the performance of the two-stage rocket at least as closely as they\u2019ll be monitoring the payload.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our first flight, and we\u2019ve prepared rigorously for it,\u201d said Jarrett Jones, senior vice president for New Glenn. \u201cBut no amount of ground testing or mission simulations are a replacement for flying this rocket. It\u2019s time to fly. No matter what happens, we\u2019ll learn, refine and apply that knowledge to our next launch.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blue Origin preps New Glenn rocket for first-ever launch\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kFZNeSvG3d4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>New Glenn stands more than 320 feet (98 meters) high and features a 7-meter (23-foot-wide) payload fairing, which Blue Origin says can provide twice the volume of a standard 5-meter fairing. (For what it\u2019s worth, SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 can accommodate a 5.2-meter fairing, while its Starship super-rocket has a 9-meter fairing.)<\/p>\n<p>The rocket\u2019s first stage is powered by seven of Blue Origin\u2019s BE-4 engines, fueled with liquefied natural gas. The second stage makes use of two hydrogen-fueled BE-3U engines. Maximum thrust at liftoff is 3.8 million pounds, which is about half the thrust that was generated by the Saturn V moon rockets of the Apollo era.<\/p>\n<p>After stage separation, New Glenn\u2019s first-stage booster is designed to fly itself to a touchdown on a specially designed barge hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic \u2014 a barge that\u2019s been christened Jacklyn as a tribute to Bezos\u2019 mother. Blue Origin\u2019s CEO, Dave Limp, has acknowledged that the rocket landing is an iffy proposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re calling New Glenn\u2019s first booster \u2018So You\u2019re Telling Me There\u2019s a Chance,\u2019\u201d&nbsp;Limp wrote on the X social-media site in September. \u201cWhy? No one has landed a reusable booster on the first try. Yet, we\u2019re going for it, and humbly submit having good confidence in landing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A successful mission would address one of the most common criticisms leveled against Bezos and Blue Origin \u2014 that they\u2019ve been in business for more than 20 years and have spent billions of dollars without putting anything in orbit (although they\u2019ve successfully launched and landed suborbital New Shepard rockets for nearly a decade).<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX, which was founded a couple of years after Blue Origin, has been far more successful in the orbital launch business. But if New Glenn enters commercial service soon, that could provide much more competition for SpaceX and other launch providers.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin says it has several New Glenn vehicles in production at its Florida factory, and has filled out a \u201cfull customer manifest\u201d for launches in the months ahead. High-profile missions include satellite launches to low Earth orbit for Amazon\u2019s&nbsp;Project Kuiper broadband constellation&nbsp;and the launch of twin orbiters for&nbsp;NASA\u2019s ESCAPADE mission to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s just the start: This first launch, known as NG-1, will count toward certifying New Glenn for national security space launch contracts that could eventually be worth billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is an updated version of a report that was first published Jan. 6.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Blue Origin Image) Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says it\u2019s delaying the first-ever launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions for landing the first-stage booster. 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