The giant New Glenn rocket is due to take off on the morning of January 16 (Paris time). This will be its inaugural flight, if there are no further postponements. The launcher’s takeoff can be followed live.
Will the date of January 16 finally be the right one? Blue Origin must hope so. The American company has been postponing the maiden flight of its New Glenn rocket for several days. Initially hoped for December 2024, after a long period of development, the shot was postponed to January 10, then the following days, until the 16th.
The flight of the New Glenn rocket in summary
- Quoi ? The maiden flight of the New Glenn rocket;
- When ? January 16, 2025, at 7 a.m. (Paris time);
- Or ? At Cape Canaveral Launch Station, Florida;
- What will we see? The very first flight of Blue Origin’s new giant rocket, with an attempted controlled return of the first stage into the ocean.
Where to watch the New Glenn launch live?
Blue Origin will make a video stream available on YouTube to follow the flight live. It will be added to the article as soon as it becomes available.
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What is Blue Origin’s mission?
This involves taking off for the very first time New Glenn, the new heavy launcher from Blue Origin, a company founded twenty-five years ago by Jeff Bezos, the former boss and creator of Amazon. The name of the launcher alludes to John Glenn, hero of the American conquest of space, the first American to make an orbital flight.
New Glenn will break free from Earth’s gravity at the Cape Canaveral Launch Station, Florida. This will be a demonstration firing, with a payload on board which will be deployed in orbit around the Earth. This will also be an opportunity to test the automatic return of the first stage on an ocean platform, off the American coast.
« We want to be clear about our objectives. This is our first flight and we have prepared rigorously for it. […]. Our main goal is to reach orbit safely. Anything beyond that is just icing on the cake », the company wrote a few days ago. In short, failures could occur.
The return from the first floor is a particularly sensitive stage. Blue Origin admits: “ We know it is ambitious to land the booster on our first attempt off the Atlantic […]. No matter what happens, we will learn, refine, and apply this knowledge in our next launch. »
In many ways, New Glenn and Starship are similar rockets. Of a relatively equivalent size (nearly 100 meters for the first, around 120 for the second), in the category of “heavy”, not to say “super heavy” launchers, they are also intended to be reusable – as well the first than the second.
When does the New Glenn rocket take off?
Takeoff is scheduled for January 16, at 7 a.m. metropolitan time.
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