{"id":1874,"date":"2026-05-27T18:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:38:26","slug":"blue-origin-lines-up-1st-new-glenn-launch-since-rocket-was-grounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1874","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin lines up 1st New Glenn launch since rocket was grounded"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Origin\u2019s time away from the launch pad didn\u2019t last long despite its New Glenn rocket getting grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration in April.<\/p>\n

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Last week, the FAA cleared New Glenn to return to flight after accepting results and proposed corrective actions to avoid the problem that arose during the NG-3 mission, which saw its upper stage fail to put its payload into orbit.<\/p>\n

Now, the FAA has placed the NG-4 mission on its Operations Plan Advisory, with the heavy-lift rocket cleared to launch as early as June 4 during a window that runs from 1:21-3:03 p.m.<\/p>\n

The payload will be the first mission to add satellites to the Amazon Leo constellation. Formerly named Project Kuiper, Amazon has more than 100 rockets across four launch providers lined up to get thousands of the satellites to orbit.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first of 24 missions on New Glenn, which has the largest capacity of all the rockets tapped to carry up Amazon\u2019s satellites. With a nosecone diameter of about 23 feet, it will launch 48 of the satellites.<\/p>\n

So far, Amazon has had to rely on United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets, which can fit at most 29 satellites, SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, which fit 24, and Arianespace Ariane 6 rockets, which have flown up 32 at a time. Amazon also has dozens of launches on ULA\u2019s new Vulcan rocket under contract, but ULA continues to try and solve an issue with its attached solid rocket boosters before Vulcan flies again.<\/p>\n

But with New Glenn\u2019s recent launch woes getting the pass from the FAA, Amazon can now begin reliance on Blue Origin to begin fulfilling its contracts.<\/p>\n

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Up next for @BlueOrigin: Leo New Glenn 1 (LN-01). <\/p>\n

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LN-01 is the first of 24 Leo launches on Blue Origin\u2019s new reusable, heavy-lift rocket, and will be our largest payload yet with 48 Leo satellites on board. <\/p>\n

Our four-tier stack is fully encapsulated in New Glenn\u2019s 7-meter\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/D3RPO1CpTB<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amazon Leo (@Amazonleo) May 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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New Glenn first launched in January 2025, designed to mimic the rocket reusability of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 with the first stage attempting to be recovered on a vessel stationed downrange in the Atlantic. While the first flight made it to orbit, which had never been done on a commercial rocket\u2019s first flight, the booster \u201cSo You\u2019re Telling Me There\u2019s A Chance\u201d did not stick the landing.<\/p>\n

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The second mission in November 2025, though, was able to see the booster back safely onto the recovery vessel. That booster \u201cNever Tell Me The Odds\u201d was given seven new BE-4 engines and was able to return to flight on April\u2019s NG-3 mission this year, once again sticking the landing.<\/p>\n

A third first-stage New Glenn booster named \u201cNo, It\u2019s Necessary,\u201d a reference to dialogue from the film \u201cInterstellar\u201d, is the booster lined up for the NG-4 mission.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s investigation into the upper stage issue from the April flight said that one of its two BE-3U engines had suffered a cryogenic leak that froze a hydraulic line. That led to a thrust anomaly during the engine burn of the upper stage, which ultimately meant the payload, the BlueBird 7 satellite for Midland, Texas-based AST SpaceMobile, did not make it to the proper orbit and was destroyed re-entering Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were no public injuries or public property damage,\u201d the FAA stated after closing the investigation. \u201cBlue Origin identified nine corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence of the event. The FAA will verify that Blue Origin implements corrective actions prior to the launch of the next New Glenn mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

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