The second flight of Blue Origin’s large New Glenn rocket gained’t occur till no less than mid-August, CEO Dave Limp introduced Monday in a post on X. That represents a slight delay — Jeff Bezos’ area firm had mentioned in March it was focusing on “late spring” for the rocket’s second launch.
New Glenn’s first launch came about January 16. Whereas the rocket’s higher stage reached orbit on its first try, the booster stage exploded whereas making an attempt to land on a drone ship within the ocean.
Blue Origin mentioned in March it found “seven corrective actions” as a part of the investigation mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Limp mentioned Monday the corporate will as soon as once more attempt to land and get better the booster stage on New Glenn’s second flight. The chief wrote that Blue Origin is focusing on a launch date of no sooner than August 15.
Blue Origin first revealed the New Glenn rocket in 2016, and initially needed it to fly as early as 2021. However the costly program was tormented by delays. Within the meantime, Elon Musk’s area firm SpaceX has come to dominate the launch market, and has been creating its personal mega-rocket referred to as Starship.