{"id":23890,"date":"2025-01-15T17:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-launches-new-glenn-on-flight-ng-1-and-makes-orbit\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:47:53","slug":"blue-origin-launches-new-glenn-on-flight-ng-1-and-makes-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-launches-new-glenn-on-flight-ng-1-and-makes-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin launches New Glenn on flight NG-1 and makes orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of development, Blue Origin\u2019s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, successfully launched on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 2:03 AM EST (07:03 UTC) after moving from the start of the window due to engine chill issues and a boat that violated the range.<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 13 scrub was caused by ice forming on a purge line attached to an auxiliary power unit that powers some hydraulic systems.<\/p>\n<p>The flight launched into orbit with a Blue Ring Pathfinder payload to demonstrate the capabilities of the company\u2019s future Blue Ring multi-mission space mobility platform. Blue Origin, which became one of the few entities to make orbit on their first attempt, pushed the launch from Jan. 10 due to rough seas, which would have precluded a booster recovery.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\ud83d\ude80 Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Attempts to Launch and Land for the First Time\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9hmOwYOO1G4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"fitvid0\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-14=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-21=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New Glenn, named in honor of NASA astronaut John Glenn, was formally announced by Blue Origin in September 2016. However, the design of the vehicle began much earlier, in 2012, with the initial development of the company\u2019s BE-4 rocket engine. Early designs of the rocket included both a two-stage variant and a three-stage variant, as well as an upper stage that would be powered by a vacuum-optimized BE-4 engine, known as BE-4U. The rocket was to fly from Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104210\" class=\"wp-image-104210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/original-new-glenn-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/original-new-glenn-comparison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/original-new-glenn-comparison-350x225.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/original-new-glenn-comparison-544x350.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/original-new-glenn-comparison-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-104210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Glenn\u2019s initial design compared to other rockets. (Credit: Blue Origin)<\/p>\n<p>By 2018, the rocket\u2019s design had evolved from what was initially announced. Some of the changes included the upper stage swapping out its single BE-4U engine with two BE-3U engines, derived from the BE-3 engine that powers the company\u2019s New Shepard rocket, the addition of large fixed strakes to the first stage, and a much larger payload fairing. The three-stage variant of the rocket was canceled in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>By this time, Blue Origin had constructed a large manufacturing facility at Space Florida\u2019s Exploration Park, just outside the gates of NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center. Meanwhile, at Launch Complex 36 large-scale work was underway to construct an entirely new launch pad for New Glenn. By late 2020 the complex received two massive 175-meter tall towers on either side of the launch pad, a 107-meter tall water tower, a 13 thousand square meter integration facility, and many other critical pieces of pad infrastructure required to launch such a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104211\" class=\"wp-image-104211 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2Q5A2294-wmarked-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-104211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LC-36 as seen in December 2024. (Credit: Max Evans for NSF)<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"widget-title penci-border-arrow\">See Also<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Blue Origin Forum<\/li>\n<li>L2 Blue Origin\/ULA Section<\/li>\n<li>NSF Store<\/li>\n<li>Click here to Join L2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In late 2021, a New Glenn first stage simulator emerged from the company\u2019s Florida factory. It shared roughly the same measurements and mass as a flight article and provided employees with experience when it came to handling such a large vehicle. The simulator stage was transported from the factory out to the launch pad, a 37 km journey that involves many obstacles along the way.<\/p>\n<p>At the launch pad, the simulator allowed Blue to practice handling and integrating the stage with a simulator second stage and fairings. This included the assembled vehicle being mated with the transporter erector and rolled out to the launch pad.<\/p>\n<p>The first sighting of a complete New Glenn booster tank module came in late 2023 outside of the company\u2019s factory. This section of the vehicle would serve as a pathfinder stage and undergo cryogenic testing at LC-36 in early 2024. Following several rounds of testing the pathfinder stage was rolled back to the factory, and the tank section was to be used for a future operational mission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104212\" class=\"wp-image-104212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_3919-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_3919-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_3919-350x240.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_3919-511x350.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_3919-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_3919-1920x1315.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_3919-1170x801.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-104212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Glenn pathfinder at LC-36 in February 2024. (Credit: Julia Bergeron for NSF)<\/p>\n<p>The next large milestone came in September when the second stage for the first flight of New Glenn was hotfired on the pad. The test involved a 15-second firing from the stage\u2019s twin BE-3U engines, gimballing of the engines, as well as the stage using its tank pressurization control system which uses helium to keep the onboard liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen pressurized in flight.<\/p>\n<p>Following this successful test, the first stage for the inaugural launch rolled from the factory in late October. The booster playfully named <i>So You\u2019re Telling Me There\u2019s a Chance<\/i> was the first fully complete stage, including its seven BE-4 engines. The vehicle was moved to integration facility LC-36 where it would be mated with its second stage and a payload fairing before going through testing on the pad.<\/p>\n<p>After rolling out the integration facility for the first time on Nov. 20, New Glenn went through several tests on the launch pad to validate vehicle and ground systems while in a fully integrated configuration. This included tanking tests, a wet dress rehearsal, and a hotfire, also known as a static fire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104213\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1-vertical-at-36.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1976\" height=\"1482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1-vertical-at-36.jpeg 1976w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1-vertical-at-36-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1-vertical-at-36-467x350.jpeg 467w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1-vertical-at-36-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1-vertical-at-36-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1-vertical-at-36-1170x878.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1976px) 100vw, 1976px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-104213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Glenn standing at LC-36 before preflight testing. (Credit: Blue Origin)<\/p>\n<p>The tanking tests were used to demonstrate the ability to flow propellants from the launch pad\u2019s ground support equipment into the rocket\u2019s fuel tanks. This was followed by a full terminal count sequence which allowed for the testing of switching to and from the vehicle\u2019s flight computer.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 27, following the wet dress rehearsal, the first stage performed a 24-second long hotfire of its seven BE-4 engines, which included the engines firing at 100% power for 13 seconds. The test not only marked the first time BE-4s had been fired at LC-36 but also the first time seven of the engines had been fired together.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=NASASpaceflight&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1872824935732916265&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasaspaceflight.com%2F2025%2F01%2Fnew-glenn-launch%2F&amp;sessionId=e0ee410692ac0b9efe65242e7b8c28e04b9d3faf&amp;siteScreenName=NASASpaceflight&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-14=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-21=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1872824935732916265\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783494338233307297=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Next stop launch pic.twitter.com\/GQFz4XxEt5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) December 28, 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The test came just hours after the company received a Part 450 commercial space launch license from the FAA. The license, valid for five years, allows Blue Origin to launch orbital missions of New Glenn from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and land the reusable first stage on a landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>In the days following the successful test, New Glenn was lowered back to horizontal and rolled back into its integration facility. This expected rollback allowed teams to inspect the vehicle as its big test campaign and swap out the empty payload fairing for the flight variant that included the encapsulated Blue Ring Pathfinder payload. The flight-ready rocket is rolled out and went vertical on Jan. 9.<\/p>\n<p>New Glenn flight NG-1\u2019s intended final orbit is approximately 2,400 km by 19,300 km inclined 30 degrees. The Blue Ring Pathfinder payload is a non-separable system that will be the first on-orbit test of Blue Origin\u2019s avionics intended to support the company\u2019s future Blue Ring platform.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104214\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ng1_encapsulation-bluering-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-104214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blue Ring Pathfinder before being encapsulated in New Glenn\u2019s fairings. (Credit: Blue Origin)<\/p>\n<p>Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin, shared that the payload is \u201cequipped with storage and compute virtualization to demonstrate anomaly detection using machine learning. Its mission kit provides high-performance, radiation-tolerant compute and storage akin to today\u2019s cloud-based offerings.\u201d The payload is expected to communicate with ground stations located in Mingenew, Australia, Paumalu, Hawaii, and Pendergrass, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Following the launch, New Glenn\u2019s first stage attempted a landing on the recovery vessel <i>Jacklyn<\/i>, also known as <i>Landing Platform Vessel 1<\/i>, which was positioned 620 km downrange from LC-36. However, controllers lost telemetry from the stage sometime after the entry burn started and Blue Origin confirmed that the booster was lost.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104215\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_6740-1-wmarked-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-104215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s recovery fleet in Port Canaveral. (Credit: Julia Bergeron for NSF)<\/p>\n<p>After the upper stage separated, the booster performed a reorient maneuver to prepare for an exoatmospheric deceleration burn, slowing the stage down before reentry by igniting three of the BE-4 engines, with telemetry lost after that. During a nominal re-entry, the vehicle\u2019s two large strakes will provide lift and allow the booster to glide through the atmosphere, while the four actuating fins and reaction control system near the top of the stage will provide steering control.<\/p>\n<p>During a nominal landing, a single BE-4 will ignite to slow the vehicle down and provide final guidance down to the surface of <i>Jacklyn<\/i>. During a nominal landing burn, six landing legs hosted in the boosters aft module will deploy 14 seconds from touchdown and help provide a soft landing.<\/p>\n<p>If <i>So You\u2019re Telling Me There\u2019s a Chance<\/i> had successfully landed on Jacklyn, Blue Origin would have become the second company to fly and land a reusable orbital class rocket booster, following SpaceX, who first landed a Falcon 9 booster over nine years ago in late 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104216\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gs1-landing-on-jacklyn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gs1-landing-on-jacklyn.png 1919w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gs1-landing-on-jacklyn-350x197.png 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gs1-landing-on-jacklyn-622x350.png 622w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gs1-landing-on-jacklyn-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gs1-landing-on-jacklyn-1170x658.png 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-104216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A render of New Glenn\u2019s first stage landing on Jacklyn after launch. (Credit: Blue Origin)<\/p>\n<p>Following landing, Blue Origin would have used a Recovery Remotely Operated Vehicle, or ROV, to connect to the aft module of the booster. This system would have provided the vehicle with communication, pneumatic, and power links from <i>Jacklyn<\/i> by using a robotic manipulator arm. Given that the recovery crews aboard support vessel <i>Harvey Stone<\/i> will be over 8 km away, the ROV provides quick and safe access to the towering stage, especially during poor weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin has multiple New Glenn boosters and upper stages in production which will be used to form a fleet for the company\u2019s future missions including NASA\u2019s ESCAPADE, Blue Moon lunar landers, Amazon\u2019s Kuiper constellation, and more.<\/p>\n<p>(<i>Lead Image: New Glenn launches on its maiden flight on Jan. 16, 2024. Credit: Max Evans for NSF)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSF-2025-01-15-23-03-11-689-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSF-2025-01-15-23-03-11-689-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSF-2025-01-15-23-03-11-689-350x117.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSF-2025-01-15-23-03-11-689-630x210.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSF-2025-01-15-23-03-11-689-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSF-2025-01-15-23-03-11-689-1920x641.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSF-2025-01-15-23-03-11-689-1170x391.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of development, Blue Origin\u2019s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, successfully launched on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 2:03 AM EST (07:03 UTC) after moving from the start of the window due to engine chill issues and a boat that violated the range. 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