How to watch the Blue Origin launch at New Glenn

History of Blue Origin New Glenn rocket ready to take off. After the weather delay over the weekend, a Jeff Bezos’ space company said the $2.5 billion rocket that has been growing for about 13 years, target its first launch is no earlier than Monday, January 13. Its three-hour launch window begins at 1AM ET. The webcast will begin one hour before kickoff, and you can watch New Glenn fly on Blue Origin’s website, X or company YouTube video.

The New Glenn (NG-1) launch mission will serve as the Space Force’s first national security test flight, necessary to compete with the likes of the Space Force. Images of SpaceX for the Department of Defense and intelligence contractors. Its first retrievable module is designed for at least 25 missions. Blue Origin has several New Glenn vehicles under development.

Blue Origin he explains New Glenn as “our largest, reusable rocket for mass production.” “Giant” is enough: The rocket is more than 320 ft (98 m) tall. As for its “big things”, which include metaphors (like the possibility to go to Mars) and reality: It can carry more than 45 metric tons to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 13 to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Comparatively, a winner SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy it can lift about 64 metric tons to LEO and about 27 to GTO orbit.

On its maiden voyage, New Glenn will carry the Blue Ring Pathfinder company’s flagship display. The spacecraft is designed to carry, refuel and host satellites and other spacecraft and can carry three tons of cargo into space. Friday’s launch will test the Blue Ring’s air/ground systems and operational capabilities.

After New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, its first reusable section will land on a barge, “Jacklyn,” floating several hundred miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.

New Glenn, named after John Glenn, who was a pioneer. completed the first dress rehearsal on December 27. After trying to calculate several times over a few hours, the seven BE-4 rocket engines ignited and fired for 24 seconds (spending 13 seconds at 100 percent), opening the way for Friday’s launch. The first flight of the rocket was in the beginning expected in Octobercarrying two NASA satellites to Mars, but the launch was canceled because it would not be ready at the time.