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January 16, 2025
Blue Origin New Glenn
Maiden Flight

Launched: 2:02 AM EST
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 36, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida.

Payload: Blue Ring Pathfinder

Viewing Site: Cocoa Beach, FL

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Blue Origin New Glenn First Flight
Liftoff Thrust: 17,150 kN
Liftoff Thrust: 17,150 kN
Stages: 2
Rocket Height: 98.0 m (320 ft)
Fairing Diameter: 7.0 m (23 ft)
Fairing Height: 21.9 m (72 ft)
Payload to LEO: 45,000 kg, Payload to GTO: 13,000 kg

New Glenn, named after John Glenn (first American to Orbit Earth) is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle by Blue Origin.
Design of the vehicle began in 2012 (over 12 years in the making).

Illustrations of the vehicle, and the high-level specifications, were released to the public in September of 2016.
New Glenn is a two-stage rocket, its first stage powered by 7 BE-4 engines designed and manufactured by Blue Origin.
New Glenn's first stage is designed to be reusable with a propulsive landing on a recovery vessel.
It failed to land on it's first attempt, lost at sea.
The second stage is powered by Hydrogen-LOX. The second stage reached orbit as designed.