posted 01-09-2025 10:22 AM               

The three-hour window remains the same, opening at 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT).

posted 01-09-2025 01:03 PM               

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Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
For an orbital only flight (no ISS intercept, no Moon orbital issues) why they would do first flight in the dark at 1AM EST?

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posted 01-11-2025 03:55 PM               

NG-1 Launch Update

Sea state conditions are still unfavorable for booster landing. We're shifting our NG-1 launch date by one day to no earlier than January 13. Our three-hour window remains the same, opening Monday at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC).

posted 01-13-2025 02:11 AM               

We're standing down on today's launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window. We're reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt.

posted 01-13-2025 05:53 PM               

NG-1 Launch Update

Our next launch attempt is no earlier than Tuesday, January 14. Our three-hour launch window remains the same, opening at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC). Tonight's poor weather forecast at LC-36 could result in missing this window.

This morning's scrub was due to ice forming in a purge line on an auxiliary power unit that powers some of our hydraulic systems.

posted 01-13-2025 08:12 PM               

NG-1 Launch Update

We're moving our NG-1 launch to no earlier than Thursday, January 16. The three-hour launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC).

posted 01-15-2025 05:16 PM               

NG-1 launch update

The vehicle looks good for tonight's window, but we're watching weather closely as clouds build over the Space Coast. If we're unable to launch, we'll make an attempt on Friday, January 17, in the same 1-4 a.m. EST (0600-0900 UTC) window.

posted 01-15-2025 11:48 PM               

BE-4s chilling in and ready to fly. Weather is green. New Glenn's new T-0 is 1:35 a.m. EST (0635 UTC).

To reiterate our objectives — this is our first flight, and we've prepared rigorously for it. But no amount of ground testing or mission simulations is a replacement for flying this rocket. Our key objective today is to reach orbit safely. Anything beyond that is icing on the cake. We know landing the booster on our first try offshore in the Atlantic is ambitious — but we're going for it. No matter what happens, we'll learn, refine, and apply that knowledge to our next launch.

posted 01-16-2025 12:29 AM               

Entering unplanned hold due to range red for a wayward boat.

New Glenn’s new T-0 is 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 UTC).

posted 01-16-2025 12:57 AM               

The readiness poll is complete. New Glenn is GO for launch and proceeding to terminal count.

LIFTOFF! New Glenn is beginning its first ever ascent toward the stars.

New Glenn has reached maximum dynamic pressure, or Max-Q.

New Glenn's first main engine cut-off and stage separation both confirmed! The booster will begin coasting for approximately four minutes. Coming up, second stage ignition.

Engine light on both BE-3U's confirmed!

New Glenn has passed the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space!

Fairing jettison confirmed. The second stage with our Blue Ring Pathfinder is continuing toward space.

Second stage engine cutoff confirmed. New Glenn's second stage and payload are now in orbit.

posted 01-16-2025 02:12 AM               

Second stage engine re-light for a short duration burn confirmed.

Second stage engine cutoff confirmed.

We did it! Orbital. Great night for Team Blue. On to spring and trying again on the landing.

posted 01-16-2025 09:12 PM               

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Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
...after a FAA investigation

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FAA Statement on Blue Origin NG-1 Mishap

The FAA is aware an anomaly occurred during the Blue Origin NG-1 mission that launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Jan. 16. No public injuries or public property damage have been reported. The FAA is requiring Blue Origin to perform a mishap investigation.

Background

A mishap investigation is designed to enhance public safety, determine the root cause of the event, and identify corrective actions to avoid it from happening again.

The FAA will be involved in every step of the Blue Origin-led mishap investigation process and must approve Blue Origin’s final report, including any corrective actions.

A return to flight is based on the FAA determining that any system, process, or procedure related to the mishap does not affect public safety.

posted 01-19-2025 03:31 PM               

New Glenn rocket launch photographed from ISS on Jan 16th.

This shows New Glenn upper stage in coast phase following booster separation. In this 4 minute time exposure, New Glenn is seen as the faint streak moving from lower right to upper left as it crosses the brighter vertically oriented star trails.

This was not an easy photograph to take. ISS was over Oklahoma at the beginning and over central Gulf of Mexico at the end of the exposure.

To photograph New Glenn, I set up three cameras with wide angle lens in the Cupola, figuring one would catch its exo-atmospheric trajectory.

posted 02-16-2025 10:06 PM               

For this maiden launch, the front of the fairing was adorned with the NG-1 mission patch — showing "Team Blue" gathering at the base of a New Glenn rocket on the launch pad — and was signed by thousands of the company's employees.

...this is in the northern Caribbean and my mum has reached out to Blue Origin already! It was below the high tide mark so hopefully it stays. It was there last time I checked but too sharp to retrieve myself.