Well folks, time for another go at Blue Origin's first orbital launch attempt!
Blue Origin stood down from a launch attempt earlier this week due to ice forming in a purge line on an auxiliary power unit.
| Scheduled for UTC | 2025-01-16 07:03 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-01-16 02:03 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Launch provider | Blue Origin | | Launch vehicle | New Glenn (GS1-SN001) | | Landing | Jacklyn droneship | | Payload | DarkSky-1 Blue Ring Pathfinder | | Mission success criteria | Successful insertion of New Glenn upper stage and payload into Medium Earth Orbit | | Bonus goal | Landing of booster on droneship |
Livestreams
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| | Blue Origin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXysNxbGdCg | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hmOwYOO1G4 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-27UPcCiH08 | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7oyvhGApv0 | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF6SoKX1VGU | | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqW1OjVepCk | | Joe Barnard | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IB4eV2vR1U |
Stats
- 1st New Glenn mission
- 1st orbital launch attempt for Blue Origin
- 1st Blue Origin launch of 2025, 29th launch overall
Mission info
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.
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New T-0 of 2025-01-16 06:35 UTC, 01:35 local.