New Glenn | Maiden Flight

Launch information

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Mission description

Maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. Will carry the prototype Blue Ring payload tug and payload hoisting platform, consisting of communications array, power systems, and a flight computer affixed to a secondary payload adapter ring, remaining attached to the 2nd stage. This launch will serve as New Glenn's first National Security Space Launch certification flight. Target orbit is 2400 x 19300 km at 30° inclination.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘New Glenn | Maiden Flight’.

Launch image New Glenn | Maiden Flight

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Jan. 16, 2025, 7:03 a.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Maiden Flight (MEO)

Launcher

Blue Origin

Rocket

New Glenn

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘New Glenn | Maiden Flight’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
62720 BLUE RING PATHFINDER MEO 30.0 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘New Glenn | Maiden Flight’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6860

To this date

Location Launch

#999

To this date

Pad Launch

#69

To this date

Agency Launch

#29

To this date

Orbital Launch

#11

Year 2025

Location Launch

#5

Year 2025

Pad Launch

#1

Year 2025

Agency Launch

#1

Year 2025

Latest news about the launch

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Rocket Report: Next Starship flight to reuse booster; FAA clears New Glenn

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Investigation into failed New Glenn landing completed

Blue Origin says its next New Glenn launch will be as soon as late spring after completing an investigation into the failed booster landing on the vehicle’s first flight. The post Investigation into failed New Glenn landing completed appeared first on Sp...


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