New Glenn is aheavy-lift launch vehicle developed byBlue Origin, named afterNASA astronautJohn Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. It flew to space on its maiden flight on January 16, 2025.
Flight No. | Date and time (UTC) | Booster | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass (kg) | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome | Booster landing |
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| 1 | January 16, 2025 07:03[1] | GS1-SN001 So You're Telling Me There's a Chance[2] | Cape Canaveral,LC‑36 | Blue Ring Pathfinder[3] | Unknown | MEO | Blue Origin | Success | Failure (Jacklyn) |
| Maiden/demonstration flight of New Glenn, carrying a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft. FirstNational Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn.[4] The January 13 launch was scrubbed due to problems with the rocket. The second stage made it to orbit, but the first stage was lost and failed to land.[5] | |||||||||
| 2 | November 13, 2025 20:55 | GS1-SN002-1 Never Tell Me The Odds[6] | Cape Canaveral,LC‑36 | ESCAPADE (2 spacecraft) and a payload fromViasat | 1,070 | Sun-Earth L2 toAreocentric | NASA | Success | Success (Jacklyn) |
| SecondNational Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn, carrying the ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission for NASA as part of their low-costSIMPLEx program, aiming to investigate Mars'magnetosphere and a technology demonstration payload from Viasat. New Glenn deployed two spacecraft on a direct interplanetary trajectory. NASA paid Blue Origin about $20 million for the launch.[7] Delayed from October 13, 2024; it was originally intended to be launched on the debut flight of New Glenn.[4] A launch attempt on November 9, 2025 was scrubbed due to weather conditions, with a future launch date scheduled for November 12.[8] This was delayed a day further due to a solar storm.[9] First successful first stage landing for New Glenn.[10] | |||||||||
Launches are expected to take place "no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.
| Date and time (UTC) | Booster | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass (kg) | Orbit | Customer |
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| January 2026[11] | GS1-SN002-2 Never Tell Me The Odds[12] | Cape Canaveral,LC‑36 | Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1 | Unknown | TLI | NASA (CLPS) |
| Will carry a prototypeBlue Moon Mark 1 lander, planned to make a landing on the Moon. During the mission Blue Moon will carry a payload called Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS), as part of a task order from NASA'sCommercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, awarded in July 2024.[13][14][15] Unclear whether this is a rideshare on Elytra-1 or if there is another launch so soon. | ||||||
| 2026[11] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral,LC‑36 | Elytra Mission 1 and others[16] | Unknown | LEO? | NRO & others |
| NRO Responsive Space Mission, carrying Firefly's Elytraorbital transfer vehicle and Xtenti's FANTM-RiDE payload dispenser. Originally planned to launch onFirefly Alpha fromSLC-2W atVandenberg, but was moved to New Glenn following the failure of "Message in a Booster" in April 2025.[17][18] | ||||||
| Mid 2026[11] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral,LC‑36 | KuiperSat × 49[19] | Unknown | LEO | Amazon (Kuiper Systems) |
| First launch of KuiperSat satellites on New Glenn to expand Project Kuiper internet constellation. Project Kuiper was also founded by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos; however, the two companies are not directly connected. | ||||||
| Late 2027[20] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral,LC‑36 | Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 2 | Unknown | TLI | NASA (CLPS) |
| Will carry theVIPER rover,[21] which was previously cancelled in 2024.[22] | ||||||
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