Blue Origin’s New Glenn Reaches Orbit

NG-1 lift off

New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today’s NG-1 mission, accomplishing Blue Origin’s primary objective.

New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 UTC) from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Blue Origin has several New Glenn rockets in production and multiple years of orders. Customers include NASA, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, AST SpaceMobile, and several telecommunications providers, among others. Blue Origin is certifying New Glenn with the U.S. Space Force for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program to meet emerging national security objectives. 

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