{"id":17461,"date":"2021-11-08T22:45:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-practices-with-a-dummy-version-of-its-new-glenn-orbital-rocket-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2021-11-08T22:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:45:06","slug":"blue-origin-practices-with-a-dummy-version-of-its-new-glenn-orbital-rocket-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-practices-with-a-dummy-version-of-its-new-glenn-orbital-rocket-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin practices with a dummy version of its New Glenn orbital rocket in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_653521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-653521\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-653521\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211108-blueorigin-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"New Glenn first-stage simulator\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211108-blueorigin-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211108-blueorigin-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211108-blueorigin-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211108-blueorigin-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211108-blueorigin-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-653521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn first-stage simulator makes an appearance. (Blue Origin Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019ll be at least another year before Blue Origin\u2019s orbital-class New Glenn rocket gets its first launch, but Jeff Bezos\u2019 space venture has brought out a dummy version of New Glenn\u2019s first stage to practice for that eventual countdown.<\/p>\n<p>The 188-foot-long, 23-foot-wide simulator emerged from Blue Origin\u2019s rocket factory in Florida last week.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets, the company said the GS1 simulator would \u201cenable the team to practice ground ops for New Glenn\u2019s massive first stage, including the transport from the rocket manufacturing complex to LC-36 for integration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile not destined for flight, this hardware is giving our team invaluable data to inform future launch vehicle operations,\u201d Blue Origin said.<\/p>\n<p>The simulator is basically the weighted shell of New Glenn\u2019s reusable first-stage booster, without the BE-4 engines that would launch the rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station\u2019s Launch Complex 36. The BE-4 is due for its first use on United Launch Alliance\u2019s Vulcan rocket next year after development delays.<\/p>\n<p>The second stage is being developed separately, with an eye toward eventually making that stage fully reusable as well. And there are signs that the New Glenn\u2019s fairing is undergoing tests at NASA\u2019s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"New Glenn: Building the Road to Space\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ukGXfH-eyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin already has signed up customers for satellite launches on New Glenn \u2014 which is named after the late astronaut John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit. At the time those deals were struck, the company was planning to start launching New Glenn in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Blue Origin\u2019s suborbital New Shepard program (named after Alan Shepard, the first NASA astronaut to take a suborbital rocket ride into space) is clicking along in West Texas. When Star Trek actor William Shatner and three other people were launched on New Shepard last month, Blue Origin said it was planning one more suborbital trip by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The space company that Bezos founded in 2000 has been facing controversies relating to sexual harassment and safety issues, and last week a federal judge rejected Blue Origin\u2019s challenge of a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX. Nevertheless, it\u2019s pushing ahead on projects including a follow-up lunar lander proposal, space resource extraction systems and the Orbital Reef space station concept.<\/p>\n<p>At last report, Blue Origin has about 4,000 employees, with most of those based at the company headquarters in Kent, Wash. The company\u2019s career website currently lists 1,270 open positions. One of the recently reported hires is Mark \u201cForger\u201d Stucky, who earned his commercial astronaut wings with Virgin Galactic in 2018 \u2014 and whose employment there was terminated this year amid an uproar over critical comments he was quoted as making in a book about Virgin Galactic.<\/p>\n<p>Stucky, who\u2019s said to be involved with Blue Origin\u2019s advanced development programs, tweeted out a couple of pictures from Cape Canaveral today, including this view of Blue Origin\u2019s future Florida launch pad:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1457724985909424129&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2021%2Fblue-origin-practices-dummy-version-new-glenn-orbital-rocket-florida%2F&amp;sessionId=6d425e992234de01b50e9d281a4c44ebb7df604a&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782800051776179977=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still beautiful, maybe more so. Would you like that #supersized? pic.twitter.com\/bQtVzXbIvT<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forger Stucky (@Stuck4ger) November 8, 2021<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn first-stage simulator makes an appearance. (Blue Origin Photo) It\u2019ll be at least another year before Blue Origin\u2019s orbital-class New Glenn rocket gets its first launch, but Jeff Bezos\u2019 space venture has brought out a dummy version of New Glenn\u2019s first stage to practice for that eventual countdown. 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