Great news from Blue Origin, there was speculation after the New Glenn explosion in Florida that they could be down for as long as two years, but they plan to return to flight this year.
Dave Limp@davill
We're not rebuilding the same pad for New Glenn. We're moving to a horizontal/vertical hybrid configuration to get us flying again this year at 36A. We were already working on something similar for 9x4 at 36B. Let me explain what that means. We mate the stages horizontally in the Integration Facility (IF). Then we bring the integrated vehicle out to the pad, use a crane to perform the vertical breakover, and mate the payload once New Glenn is vertical. This new ConOps has the added benefit of increasing our flight cadence as well.
9:40 AM · Jun 30, 2026 · 2.3K Views
