List of New Glenn launches

New Glenn is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin, named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. It flew to space on its maiden flight on January 16, 2025.

Statistics

Rocket configurations

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Launch outcomes

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  •   Loss before launch
  •   Loss during flight
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Planned

Booster landings

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  •   LPV failure
  •   LPV success
  •   No attempt

Past launches

2025

Future launches

Launches are expected to take place "no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.

Date and time (UTC) Booster Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer
January 2026[11] GS1-SN002-2
Never Tell Me The Odds[12] 		Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1 21,715 kg (47,873 lb)[13] TLI NASA (CLPS)
Will carry a prototype Blue 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's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, awarded in July 2024.[14][15][16]
Early 2026[11] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Elytra Mission 1 and others[17] Unknown LEO NRO & others
NRO Responsive Space Mission, carrying Firefly's Elytra orbital transfer vehicle and Xtenti's FANTM-RiDE payload dispenser. Originally planned to launch on Firefly Alpha from SLC-2W at Vandenberg, but was moved to New Glenn following the failure of "Message in a Booster" in April 2025.[18][19]
Mid 2026[11] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 LeoSat × 49[20] 27,979 kg (61,683 lb)[21] LEO Amazon (Amazon Leo)
First launch of Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) satellites on New Glenn to expand LEO internet constellation. Amazon Leo was also founded by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos; however, the two companies are not directly connected.
2026[22] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Block 2 Bluebird x 8[22] 33,680 kg (74,250 lb)[23] LEO AST SpaceMobile
First launch of AST SpaceMobile Block 2 Bluebird satellites on New Glenn to expand cellular broadband satellite constellation. Multi-launch contract was signed in November 2024.[24]
Late 2027[25] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 2 Unknown TLI NASA (CLPS)
Will carry the VIPER rover,[26] which was previously cancelled in 2024.[27]
2028[28] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Unknown Unknown Unknown U.S. Space Force
Blue Origin, as the Requirement 3 provider is projected to be awarded seven NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 missions starting in Order Year 2.[29]
2030[30] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Blue Moon Mark 2 Lander Unknown LEO[31] NASA (Artemis)[32]
Sustaining HLS uncrewed lunar demo for Artemis V.
2030[30] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Blue Moon Mark 2 Lander Unknown LEO[31] NASA (Artemis)[32]
Sustaining HLS crewed lunar demo for Artemis V.
2033[33] Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Blue Moon Mark 2 Lander Unknown Unknown NASA (Artemis)
The agency expects Blue Origin to deliver a lunar surface habitat no earlier than fiscal year 2033 using a cargo version of its crewed human lander.[33]
TBD Unknown Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 Unknown Unknown Unknown Eutelsat[34]
Eutelsat now says it has no specific launch date slated for New Glenn, stating: “New Glenn is part of our portfolio of launch options and will be activated based on our future needs taking into consideration industry conditions at the time. Our launch contract with Blue Origin for a Eutelsat unspecified satellite on a New Glenn rocket is still current. It will help to diversify options for access to space.”[35]

References

  1. ^ Blue Origin [@blueorigin] (January 14, 2025). "We're moving our NG-1 launch to no earlier than Thursday, January 16. The three-hour launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC)" (Tweet). Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "GS1-SN001 Manifest". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload Ready for Launch; Blue Origin's New Glenn on Track for This Year". Blue Origin. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Foust, Jeff (September 6, 2024). "NASA removes ESCAPADE from inaugural New Glenn launch". SpaceNews. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Stranger, Harry (January 15, 2025). "Blue Origin launches New Glenn on flight NG-1 and makes orbit". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  6. ^ Mike Wall (June 10, 2025). "2nd launch of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket delayed to Aug. 15 at the earliest". SPACE.com.
  7. ^ Foust, Jeff (April 25, 2024). "NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn". SpaceNews. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Warren, Haygen (November 9, 2025). "Blue Origin scrubs launch of ESCAPADE on second New Glenn mission". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  9. ^ "NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to 'highly elevated solar activity'". Spaceflight Now. November 12, 2025. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  10. ^ Malik, Tariq; Dinner, Josh (November 13, 2025). "Blue Origin lands huge New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time after acing Mars ESCAPADE launch for NASA". Space. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c Berger, Eric (June 30, 2025). "The second launch of New Glenn will aim for Mars". Ars Technica. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  12. ^ Berger, Eric (October 8, 2025). "Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn's second launch". Ars Technica. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  13. ^ "Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  14. ^ "Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) JEFO for Task Order CT-3". sam.gov. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  15. ^ Luinstra, Martijn (January 26, 2025). "NASA's CLPS program accelerates as two landers head for the Moon". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  16. ^ "Pathfinder Mission 1". Next Spaceflight. September 6, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  17. ^ "Elytra Mission 1 & Others". Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  18. ^ "Firefly Aerospace, Inc. Elytra-1 Application". Firefly Aerospace. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  19. ^ Werner, Debra (August 8, 2023). "NRO to conduct responsive space mission with Firefly and Xtenti". SpaceNews. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  20. ^ "New Glenn - Gunter's Space Page". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  21. ^ "Kuiper / Amazon Leo - Gunter's Space Page". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  22. ^ a b "AST SpaceMobile Announces Launch Services Agreements to Enable Continuous Space-Based Cellular Broadband Service Coverage for the United States, Europe, Japan, the U.S. Government, and Other Strategic Markets Globally". Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  23. ^ "Starlink Rival AST SpaceMobile Wants to Launch 243 Giant Satellites by 2028". Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  24. ^ "AST SpaceMobile Selects Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket to Deliver Next-Generation BlueBird Satellites to Space". Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  25. ^ "NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon's South Pole - NASA". Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  26. ^ "To the Moon with @NASA! Our second Blue Moon MK1 lander is already in production and well-suited to support the VIPER rover. Building on the learnings from our first MK1 lander, this mission is important for future lunar permanence and will teach us about the origin and distribution of water on the Moon". Twitter. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  27. ^ Greshko, Michael. "NASA May Spend $800 Million to Not Send This Revolutionary Rover to the Moon". Scientific American. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  28. ^ "Space Systems Command Releases National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 FY25 Mission". Space Systems Command. Archived from the original on October 6, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  29. ^ "Space Systems Command awards National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts". United States Space Force. Archived from the original on October 10, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  30. ^ a b "NASA FY 2025 Budget Request" (PDF). March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  31. ^ a b "Update on NASA's Human Landing System (HLS) Program" (PDF). August 26, 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  32. ^ a b "NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider - NASA". Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  33. ^ a b "NASA Plans to Assign Missions for Two Future Artemis Cargo Landers - NASA". Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  34. ^ Foust, Jeff (March 7, 2017). "Eutelsat first customer for Blue Origin's New Glenn". SpaceNews. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  35. ^ Forrester, Chris (April 13, 2022). "Eutelsat keeps Bezos Blue Origin launch order". Retrieved December 20, 2025.
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