Blue Origin stacks huge New Glenn rocket ahead of 1st launch (photo)

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Blue Origin showed off its New Glenn rocket after its two stages were mated in the company's Florida facility. The new rocket could take off on its maiden flight as soon as November.

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[danR]

As hard as they have tried, New Glenn will still put less mass into LEO than SpaceX' old Falcon Heavy, with respect to full reusability.

 

[Ryan F. Mercer]

As hard as they have tried, New Glenn will still put less mass into LEO than SpaceX' old Falcon Heavy, with respect to full reusability.

I don't believe the Falcon Heavy center stage or second stage are reusable in that configuration. The second stage isn't reusable in any configuration.

 

[Rob77]

Its always interesting to have a new player and see there unique designs.
Wish Blue Origin a successful test launch.

 

[Philly]

I don't believe the Falcon Heavy center stage or second stage are reusable in that configuration. The second stage isn't reusable in any configuration.

As of right now, Nov 14th 2024, no Blue Origin rocket has ever been declared even throw away "usable" for an orbital mission. In 25 years of existence the Space Company BO has placed exactly 0 Kg's into orbit. An epic failure by any measure. Especially considering how well funded they have been.

I hate being this critical but, this is just a "cold shower" fact.

I wish them luck BUT luck does't actually put anything into orbit. Everything for NG, is brand new. I don't even think they have tested trying to fuel the whole stack. Have they test fired the 1st stage, yet? The launch team, is also green any issues will be their 1st attempt at any kind of real trouble shooting a real problem. Most of their troubleshooting tools have never been used. H2 is always been a pesky fuel to tame.

While I am glad they are pushing forward, rushing at this point also might seem kind of foolish. I am getting the feeling they are suffering from "Go Fever". I get the feeling they are still about 9-12 months away from the 1st test flight. I would think a few 2-3 hot test firings of the 1st stage would be in order. Another test firing of the 2nd stage would make sense. With extensive inspections after each test fire. Making sure nothing rattles apart is much easier to do on the ground.

 

[Goryar]

It is not a full stack, the rocket remains horizontal, but this is probably just a matter of moving it. If you look at it in perspective, it will be the launch of a definitive or finished rocket, not a prototype as will happen with the IFT5, with which Blue Origin enters a frank race. The only thing that has to happen is that everything has to go well, otherwise there will be a huge delay.

 

[Philly]

As hard as they have tried, New Glenn will still put less mass into LEO than SpaceX' old Falcon Heavy, with respect to full reusability.

"As hard as they have tried"... Blue hasn't tried at all, as of today. This will be their 1st attempt at putting anything into orbit. And as of today, Falcon 1, 2008, has put more into orbit than any BO rocket ever has. So let's not split hairs about re-usability until at least a few Kg's are placed into orbit by Blue.