Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket may launch Sunday from Cape Canaveral
Ten months after its historic maiden liftoff, Blue Origin’s hulking New Glenn rocket may launch for the second time Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Blue Origin is targeting an afternoon launch window from 2:45 p.m. to 5:11 p.m., a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory indicates. The massive 321-foot New Glenn will rumble into flight from Launch Complex 36 — a vantage point readily visible to spectators along the Cape Canaveral-Cocoa Beach oceanfront.
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SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company, says it’s working on a “simplified” plan for its Starship megarocket to land astronauts on the moon.
The revelation, which was shared Oct. 30 in a lengthy blog post on SpaceX’s website, came days after the head of NASA announced that the U.S. space agency would consider lunar lander plans from the company’s rivals. Amid a heated space race to return humans to the moon, NASA officials have expressed concern that SpaceX has fallen behind schedule in preparing Starship to be ready in time for a mission known as Artemis 3.
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President Donald Trump on Nov. 4 again nominated billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, reversing direction from his decision in May to pull Isaacman as his choice for the space agency.
“Jared’s passion for Space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries of the universe, and advancing the new Space economy, make him ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new ERA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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Launch/Scrub recap: The SpaceX Starlink 6-81 mission launched 8:31 p.m. Nov. 5 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station while the ViaSat-3 F3 mission saw a scrub due to an issue cycling the booster liquid oxygen tank vent valve.
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated high school dropout and self-made billionaire Jared Isaacman to run NASA. Again.
Trump announced in a Tuesday, Nov. 4 post on his social media site Truth Social that he was nominating Isaacman to serve as the administrator of the U.S. space agency due to his “passion for Space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries of the universe, and advancing the new Space economy.”
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Live updates from the Nov. 6 scrubbed launch attempt of the ULA ViaSat-3 F2 mission from Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission was scrubbed due to an ongoing issue with the Atlas V booster’s liquid oxygen tank vent valve.
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In the days ahead, Blue Origin will once again launch from Florida its massive New Glenn rocket — one of the tallest of its kind active in the United States.
Just how high does the spacecraft reach? Let’s put it this way: When the launch system is fully integrated, the two-stage rocket is almost as tall as an American football field is long from endzone to endzone.
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The annual orbital rocket launch record on Florida’s Space Coast is about to fall by the wayside for the fourth straight year, with the unprecedented 94th liftoff poised to occur Sunday, Nov. 9.
Details: After a Saturday morning scrub, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is rescheduled to lift 29 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit between 3:10 a.m. and 7:10 a.m. Sunday from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
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With the federal government shutdown moving into its second month, the wide-ranging impacts will now hit space launches.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy outlined actions being taken within the Federal Aviation Administration due to the shutdown. In addition to a 10% reduction in flights across 40 of the busiest airports, commercial space launches will also be limited to overnight hours as of Monday, Nov 10.
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is very much a Brevard county creation. It’s one of the biggest rockets launching in the world today. And for its second mission, the Blue Origin crew is hoping to pull off a successful booster landing at sea.
Also, for those on Brevard County beaches, New Glenn’s launchpad is one of the most visible out at the Cape, promising a great view for the planned Nov. 9 launch.
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Scrub recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Saturday, Nov. 8, scrubbed launch attempt of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 10-51 mission.
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Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Sunday, Nov. 9, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 10-51 mission.
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Scrub recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Sunday, Nov. 9, scrubbed launch attempt of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral on the NASA ESCAPADE mission.
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After the scrubbed launch attempt Sunday of Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket, SpaceX may be the company to break Florida’s annual launch record — bringing Florida’s yearly launch count to 94.
SpaceX is targeting now no earlier than 10:21 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10 to launch its Starlink 6-87 mission from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at [email protected]. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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