Blue Origin’s New Glenn NG-1 mission has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was postponed twice – January 10 and 12 – due to rough offshore weather that could affect a rocket landing on the company’s recovery ship in the Atlantic.
Standing 320-feet-tall, New Glenn is a heavy-lift launch vehicle powered by seven BE-4 engines, with the second stage relying on two BE-3U engines, all designed and built in-house by Blue Origin. This maiden flight carried a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft and serves as the first of several demonstration launches required to be certified for use by the National Security Space Launch program.
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This is our first flight and we’ve prepared rigorously for it. But no amount of ground testing or mission simulations are a replacement for flying this rocket. It’s time to fly. No matter what happens, we’ll learn, refine, and apply that knowledge to our next launch,” said Jarrett Jones, SVP, New Glenn.
