{"id":17613,"date":"2020-12-16T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-adds-blue-origins-upcoming-new-glenn-rocket-to-its-launch-services-catalog\/"},"modified":"2020-12-16T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:56:49","slug":"nasa-adds-blue-origins-upcoming-new-glenn-rocket-to-its-launch-services-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-adds-blue-origins-upcoming-new-glenn-rocket-to-its-launch-services-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA adds Blue Origin\u2019s upcoming New Glenn rocket to its launch services catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_596515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-596515\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-596515\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201216-newglenn-630x405.jpg\" alt=\"New Glenn\" width=\"630\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201216-newglenn-630x405.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201216-newglenn-1260x810.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201216-newglenn-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201216-newglenn-1536x987.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201216-newglenn.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-596515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist\u2019s conception shows the New Glenn rocket on its launch pad. (Blue Origin Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture hasn\u2019t yet finished its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but today NASA put it on the \u201con-ramp\u201d for future missions.<\/p>\n<p>The NASA Launch Services II contract, or NLS II for short, essentially puts New Glenn on the list of options available for ordering through June 2025, with an overall period of performance through 2027. As described in a NASA news release, NLS II is a contracting vehicle that can cover multiple suppliers and multiple awards on the basis of indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity.<\/p>\n<p>NLS II contractors must be able to use a domestic launch service to deliver payloads weighing a minimum of 551 pounds (250 kilograms) to a 124-mile (200-kilometer) orbit at an inclination of 28.5 degrees, which matches Cape Canaveral Space Force Station\u2019s coordinates.<\/p>\n<p>Such contractors include United Launch Alliance for the Atlas 5 rocket, SpaceX for the Falcon 9, and Northrop Grumman for the Antares.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"New Glenn 7 meter fairing completed in Cape Canaveral\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aL5adkFtfgk?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>The suppliers on the NLS II list can compete for NASA\u2019s launch contracts, but each launch is covered by its own contract. An \u201con-ramp provision\u201d provides an annual opportunity to add new launch service providers to NASA\u2019s catalog, and to add new launch vehicles that will be fielded by the NLS II program\u2019s existing providers.<\/p>\n<p>New Glenn is being developed at Blue Origin\u2019s sprawling rocket factory in Florida, with the first launch currently set for 2021. Blue Origin has signed up several satellite operators \u2014 including Eutelsat, OneWeb and Japan\u2019s Sky Perfect JSAT \u2014 for early launches.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the New Glenn rocket is on the NLS II list, project managers at NASA centers around the country can design their spacecraft to fit the heavy-lift rocket\u2019s specifications, including its 23-foot-wide (7-meter-wide) fairing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to be in NASA\u2019s launch services catalog and look forward to providing reliable launches for\u202ffuture\u202fNASA missions aboard New Glenn for years to come,\u201d Jarrett Jones, Blue Origin\u2019s senior vice president for the New Glenn program, said in a news release. \u201cThe award builds on Blue Origin\u2019s existing partnership with NASA and will advance science and exploration to benefit Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist\u2019s conception shows the New Glenn rocket on its launch pad. (Blue Origin Illustration) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture hasn\u2019t yet finished its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but today NASA put it on the \u201con-ramp\u201d for future missions. The NASA Launch Services II contract, or NLS II for short, essentially puts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[509,190,510],"class_list":["post-17613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-blue-origin","tag-nasa","tag-new-glenn"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}