Launch success, 2nd stage and payload reached planned orbit.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
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 vehicle
- New Glenn
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Provider
- Blue Origin
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The New Glenn first stage booster was lost on its first flight during descent towards LPV1 Jacklyn. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
New Glenn
The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.
- Height
- 98 m
- Diameter
- 7 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 2
- First flight
- 2025-01-16
Core
GS1-SN001
Flight 1NewLanding failed
- Recovery
- Jacklyn
- Landing method
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship
Recorded timing
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3h windowPublished target
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Target ·
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Weather concerns
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Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−04:30:00
Stage 2 LH2 Load
- T−04:00:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−04:00:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−03:30:00
Stage 1 LNG Load
- T−01:00:00
Prop Load Complete
- T−01:00:00
Webcast live
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- T−00:20:00
Weather Check
- T−00:10:00
Ready Poll
- T−00:04:00
Terminal Count
- T−00:02:30
Tank Press
- T−00:01:30
Internal Power
- T−00:00:20
Startup
- T−00:00:20
Water Deluge
- T−00:00:5.6
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:39
Max-Q
- T+00:03:10
MECO
- T+00:03:12
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:03:23
SES-1
- T+00:03:46
Kármán Line
- T+00:03:49
Fairing Separation
- T+00:07:17
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:07:45
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:52
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:09:28
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:12:51
SECO-1
- T+00:13:51
Payload Power On
- T+00:57:42
SES-2
- T+00:58:58
SECO-2
- T+01:59:18
Stage 2 Orientation Maneuver
- T+05:50:58
Mission End
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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