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.
| Flight No. | Date and time (UTC) | Booster [a] | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome | Booster landing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 16, 2025 07:03 [1] | GS1-7E01 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, designated NG-1, carrying the Blue Ring Pathfinder [3] . First National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn. [4] The January 13 launch attempt was scrubbed due to problems with the rocket. [5] The second stage with non-separable payload was inserted into a 2,400 x 19,300 km medium Earth orbit at an inclination of 30°. [6] The first stage was lost and failed to land. [7] | |||||||||
| 2 | November 13, 2025 20:55 [8] | GS1-7E02-1 Never Tell Me The Odds [9] | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | ESCAPADE (2 spacecraft) [10] and a payload from Viasat [11] | 1,070 kg (2,360 lb) [12] | Sun-Earth L2 to Areocentric | NASA | Success | Success (Jacklyn) |
| Second National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn, designated NG-2, carrying the ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission for NASA as part of their low-cost SIMPLEx program, aiming to investigate Mars' magnetosphere and a technology demonstration payload from Viasat. [13] New Glenn deployed two spacecraft to a loiter orbit around the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point. The upper stage was placed into a heliocentric disposal orbit. NASA paid Blue Origin about $20 million for the launch. [14] 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. [15] This was delayed a day further due to a solar storm. [16] First successful first stage landing for New Glenn. [17] | |||||||||
Launches are expected to take place "no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.
| Date and time (UTC) | Booster [a] | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 [18] | GS1-7E02-2 Never Tell Me The Odds [19] | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | BlueBird FM2 / BlueBird 7 [20] | 6,100 kg (13,400 lb) [21] | LEO | AST SpaceMobile |
| Announced as the third New Glenn flight, designated NG-3 [19] . First launch of an AST SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird satellite on New Glenn to expand cellular broadband satellite constellation. [22] Multi-launch contract was signed in November 2024. [23] The satellite will be deployed to a 460 km low Earth orbit at an inclination of 50°. [24] First planned reflight of a New Glenn first stage. [25] | ||||||
| Q2 2026 [26] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | Blue Moon MK1-101 [27] | 21,715 kg (47,873 lb) [28] | TLI | NASA (CLPS) |
| Will carry a 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. [29] [30] [31] | ||||||
| 2026 [32] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | LeoSat x TBD (LN-01) | Unknown | 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. In 2022, former Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith stated that New Glenn would carry 61 satellites in a single mission [33] . In 2025, journalist Eric Berger reported a capacity of 49 satellites per launch. [32] | ||||||
| 2026 [34] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | BlueBird Block 2 x TBD | Unknown | LEO | AST SpaceMobile |
| Second launch of AST SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird satellites on New Glenn to expand cellular broadband satellite constellation. [22] Multi-launch contract was signed in November 2024. [23] | ||||||
| 2026 [32] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | Elytra Mission 1 and others [35] | 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. [36] [37] Hosted payloads include CubeSats from various research entities as part of ELaNa 42: DARLA (Saint Louis University), OrCa2 (Georgia Tech), R5-S3 (NASA), R5-S5 (NASA), TechEdSat-16 (NASA), and VSCP-1B (Virginia Tech). | ||||||
| Date and time (UTC) | Booster [a] | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Late 2027 [38] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | Blue Moon MK1-102 [39] | Unknown | TLI | NASA (CLPS) |
| Will carry the VIPER rover, [40] which was previously cancelled in 2024. [41] | ||||||
| 2028 [42] | 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. [43] | ||||||
| 2030 [44] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | Blue Moon Mark 2 Lander | Unknown | LEO [45] | NASA (Artemis) [46] |
| Sustaining HLS uncrewed lunar demo for Artemis V. | ||||||
| 2030 [44] | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | Blue Moon Mark 2 Lander | Unknown | LEO [45] | NASA (Artemis) [46] |
| Sustaining HLS crewed lunar demo for Artemis V. | ||||||
| 2033 [47] | 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. [47] | ||||||
| TBD | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Eutelsat [48] |
| 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.” [49] | ||||||
| TBD | Unknown | Cape Canaveral, LC‑36 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Telesat [50] |
| Telesat signed a multi-launch agreement with Blue Origin in 2019 for deployment of their LEO constellation. [50] As of 2023, no specific launches under the agreement had been announced, although Telesat continues to retain launch optionality on New Glenn. [51] | ||||||
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