Earth orbit
Blue Ring Demo
The first flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket marks a pivotal moment in the company's development of heavy-lift space vehicles. The two-stage rocket, designed for reusability, will carry the Blue Ring spacecraft platform, capable of deploying and hosting multiple payloads. This mission also plays a key role in certifying New Glenn for National Security Space Launch missions, demonstrating its ability to handle sensitive and high-value payloads. New Glenn’s powerful first stage, driven by seven BE-4 engines, will attempt to land on the ocean-based recovery platform "Jacklyn," showcasing Blue Origin’s efforts to develop a reusable and cost-effective rocket system. This mission is expected to significantly advance the company's long-term goals of supporting a wide range of commercial and governmental space missions.
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The first flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket marks a pivotal moment in the company's development of heavy-lift space vehicles. The two-stage rocket, designed for reusability, will carry the Blue Ring spacecraft platform, capable of deploying and hosting multiple payloads. This mission also plays a key role in certifying New Glenn for National Security Space Launch missions, demonstrating its ability to handle sensitive and high-value payloads. New Glenn’s powerful first stage, driven by seven BE-4 engines, will attempt to land on the ocean-based recovery platform "Jacklyn," showcasing Blue Origin’s efforts to develop a reusable and cost-effective rocket system. This mission is expected to significantly advance the company's long-term goals of supporting a wide range of commercial and governmental space missions.
The launch
- Launch
- Jan 16 2025
- Launch location
- LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS
- Launch vehicle
- New Glenn
- Orbit
- Earth orbit
Launch intelligence
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched the New Glenn Flight 1 mission on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Blue Origin
- Vehicle
- New Glenn
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2025-011
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Jan 16, 2025, 06:00 UTC
- Target T-0
- Jan 16, 2025, 07:03 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jan 16 2025
- Pad and location
- LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
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Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
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