NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Blue Ring Pathfinder (Maiden Flight)

Launch Time
NET January, 2025

First launch of New Glenn.

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Rocket

New Glenn
Image Credit: Blue Origin
Blue Origin
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 17,150 kN
Payload to LEO: 45,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 13,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 98.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 7.0 m
Fairing Height: 21.9 m

Vehicles

Jacklyn

GS1-SN001

Flight #1
1st New Glenn recovery attempt

Mission Details

Blue Ring Pathfinder (DarkSky-1)

Maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. Will carry the prototype DarkSky-1 Blue Ring Pathfinder, 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.

Payloads: 1
Medium Earth Orbit

Location

LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA