Jeff Bezos’ area firm Blue Origin is lastly able to attempt a second launch of its tremendous heavy-lift rocket New Glenn. The corporate introduced on Wednesday that it’s going to try the launch as early as Sunday, November 9, from Launch Complicated 36 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
New Glenn’s first flight happened again in January, and it was largely profitable. The rocket’s second stage made it into orbit, however the first stage exploded on its return to Earth earlier than Blue Origin may try to land it on a drone ship within the ocean.
Earlier this yr, the corporate stated it will attempt to launch New Glenn for a second time in “late spring.” That timeline slipped a number of occasions, although. Blue Origin is being additional cautious with the second launch partly as a result of will probably be carrying cargo on behalf of paying clients this time. The primary cargo is NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft, that are headed to Mars. A Viasat tech demonstrator can even be on board.
