Blue Origin's Orbital Rocket Ready For Maiden Flight From Florida's Space Coast
The rocket company run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is ready to launch its New Glenn rocket, the company's first orbital launch vehicle, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
"This is a monumental milestone and a glimpse of what's just around the corner for New Glenn's first launch," said Blue Origin's Jarrett Jones in a statement. "[Friday's] success proves that our rigorous approach to testing–combined with our incredible tooling and design engineering–is working as intended."
Blue Origin said the test campaign, which included a dress rehearsal of launch day and included fueling the massive rocket with liquefied natural gas, liquid oxygen and hydrogen, met all objectives and marked the final major test ahead of launch.
While the company has not officially announced a launch date, public advisories show Blue Origin could attempt to launch as early as Monday.
New Glenn will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 36, home to Atlas rockets that sent Pioneer, Surveyor, and Mariner probes on scientific missions in our solar system during the 1960s and 70s.
Blue Origin said it has future missions scheduled for paying customers, carrying both commercial and government payloads.
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