Blue Origin and New SHEPARD RLV

[snne]

It's a good thing that America's first astronaut to reach outer-space was Alan Shepard not Alan Johnson otherwise we'd be talking about Jeff Bezos' New Johnson.

View: https://youtu.be/CpiP_jN1Pv4?si=45FInyRKR_UViQUR

 

[Michel Van]

New Glenn got it second stage installed

https://twitter.com/x/status/1856479779069014132

View: https://twitter.com/MarcusHouse/status/1856479779069014132

 

[NMaude]

The New Glenn's second-stage reminds me of the first-stage of a Titan II.

 

[Michel Van]

New Glenn roll out and put on Launch Pad

 

[NMaude]

New Glenn roll out and put on Launch Pad

Impressive but it's also looking rather "Phallic" here standing to attention. Jeremy Clarkson would no doubt be green with envy.

 

[NMaude]

The space Bucket has a video out about the New Glenn's "Erection":

By now the first flight-capable New Glenn rocket is vertical on the launch pad and only a few tests away from a maiden flight. Next up on the pre-launch checklist is a static fire expected to happen in the coming days.

Once complete, assuming it goes as planned and the data is promising, New Glenn will just about be ready for flight.

Full article here - https://thespacebucket.com/a-flight-c...
Credit:
SpaceX - / spacex https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceX

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - New Glenn Is Vertical
3:18 - New Glenn Launch Date?

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1860107744386138163

View: https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1860107744386138163

https://twitter.com/x/status/1859997520333529465

View: https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1859997520333529465

 

[BlackBat242]

Impressive but it's also looking rather "Phallic" here standing to attention. Jeremy Clarkson would no doubt be green with envy.

Ummmm that reminds me of the Jethro Tull lyric:
"Where once stood oil-rigs so phallic
There's only swear-words in Gaelic"!

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864234395457958252

View: https://twitter.com/Space_Time3/status/1864234395457958252

New Glenn went vertical again overnight.

Video from
@NASASpaceflight
.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864448188712731016

View: https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1864448188712731016

Jeff Bezos said at the NYTimes DealBook Summit today that Blue Origin was "very, very close" to a first launch of New Glenn, suggesting all the company needed was "final regulatory approval" [i.e., launch license] He was not more specific on a launch date, though.

Regulations aren’t stopping them doing a static fire which they still haven’t done.

 

[NMaude]

Regulations aren’t stopping them doing a static fire which they still haven’t done.

So why haven't they done a static-fire test then?

 

[publiusr]

It is a hybrid rocket--not in the sense of SS1---it is part old Space, so they want to baby it and have it launch all new, nice and clean perhaps...if it can touch down above the ocean like the last SH, that's their static test--all up.

 

[Byeman]

It is a hybrid rocket--not in the sense of SS1---it is part old Space, so they want to baby it and have it launch all new, nice and clean perhaps...if it can touch down above the ocean like the last SH, that's their static test--all up.

How is it part Old space? there are none of those people involved.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1865884520869736859

View: https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1865884520869736859

I’m told that it’s tight but feasible that FAA grants approval for a December launch of the inaugural flight of New Glenn. Blue Origin has done “an exceptional job of developing their application.” But there’s still some work ahead.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1865884671998836748

View: https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1865884671998836748

Interesting! They need regulatory approval for the Static Fire test. That explains why they have been taking the opportunity for several tanking tests.

 

[TheKutKu]

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/...races-toward-year-end-deadline-for-new-glenn/


According to Eric Berger ""Blue Origin needs to fly its New Glenn rocket in order to identify where the vehicle has margin. Sources have indicated that the payload capacity of the current iteration of New Glenn is closer to 25 metric tons than its advertised mass of 45 tons. This is not uncommon for new launch vehicles, and the company will be able to use real-world performance data to refine the vehicle's hardware and software for future flights""

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866198298090000481

View: https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1866198298090000481

#NewGlenn's first mission will carry our Blue Ring Pathfinder and is now ready for launch vehicle integration. Learn more:

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-ring-pathfinder-payload

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866557169531011099

View: https://twitter.com/davill/status/1866557169531011099

Another good morning at the Cape. GS2 tanking test is done and nominal across the board.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1867248147510034729

View: https://x.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1867248147510034729

At SFA Spacepower conf this am, Blue Origin's Lars Hoffman said they'll launch New Glenn "within the next few weeks." Vehicle's ready but "there's a process we have to follow to ensure that we're on a path to success." But it'll be "this year," "maybe for Christmas."

 

[Flyaway]

Bezos not concerned about Musk’s influence on Trump administration:

Bezos not concerned about Musk’s influence on Trump administration

As Blue Origin nears the first launch of its New Glenn rocket, founder Jeff Bezos said he is not worried Elon Musk’s influence on the incoming Trump administration will adversely affect the company…

spacenews.com

 

[NMaude]

Bezos not concerned about Musk’s influence on Trump administration:

Bezos not concerned about Musk’s influence on Trump administration

As Blue Origin nears the first launch of its New Glenn rocket, founder Jeff Bezos said he is not worried Elon Musk’s influence on the incoming Trump administration will adversely affect the company…

spacenews.com

He's probably not concerned because he knows there's not room in the Whitehouse for two very arrogant, Mt. Everest sized egos.

 

[martinbayer]

He's probably not concerned because he knows there's not room in the Whitehouse for two very arrogant, Mt. Everest sized egos.

"There can only be one."

 

[Forest Green]

If they lose their head it's all over.

 

[martinbayer]

If they lose their head it's all over.

It typically is in that kind of situation .

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1868657190346862698

View: https://twitter.com/davill/status/1868657190346862698

We are all clear to complete a wet dress rehearsal this week ahead of hotfire for #NewGlenn

 

[Michel Van]

oddly BO still waiting on FAA approval for New Glenn hot testing and launch.
(rumor goes that BO make a botch-up of paperwork and enter them to late, but that is speculation in Internet forums)

More here

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmOD7rl4mhU

 

[Flyaway]

Unsurprisingly the first launch of New Glenn is now NET January 2025.

 

[TheKutKu]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872807022430961789

View: https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1872807022430961789


A static fire of the first New Glenn happened today at 00h47 UTC, it lasted about 20s. The launch is currently No Earlier than January 6th

 

[martinbayer]

Unsurprisingly the first launch of New Glenn is now NET January 2025.

One billionaires priorities are another billionaires deferred aspirations...

 

[Flyaway]

After a long day of stops and starts that stretched well into the evening, and on what appeared to be the company's fifth attempt Friday, Blue Origin successfully ignited the seven main engines on its massive New Glenn rocket.

The test firing as fog built over the Florida coast marks the final major step in the rocket company's campaign to bring the New Glenn rocket—a privately developed, super-heavy lift vehicle—to launch readiness. Blue Origin said it fired the vehicle's engines for a duration of 24 seconds. They fired at full thrust for 13 of those seconds.

After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly

Also on Friday, the company obtained a launch license for New Glenn launch attempts.

arstechnica.com

 

[martinbayer]

After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly

Also on Friday, the company obtained a launch license for New Glenn launch attempts.

arstechnica.com

I will leave it up to the student to compare and contrast the development and operational timelines of Musk's launch vehicles vs. Bezos' ones...

 

[Michel Van]

It's Alive !

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872825859549348163

View: https://twitter.com/Truthful_ast/status/1872825859549348163

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872740246254670030

View: https://x.com/FAANews/status/1872740246254670030

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872827014278774846

View: https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1872827014278774846

 

[Flyaway]

NSF camera views:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872807022430961789

View: https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1872807022430961789

STATIC FIRE! Blue Origin New Glenn conducts its first fully integrated Static Fire test at LC-36.

nsf.live/spacecoast

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872807393014497742

View: https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1872807393014497742

Then the sound arrives (cameras a long distance away). BE-4's singing.

 

[Flyaway]

NSF video with sound synched:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872808716787187977

View: https://twitter.com/scottlikedsls/status/1872808716787187977

 

[NMaude]

One billionaires priorities are another billionaires deferred aspirations...

I'm sure that Bezos and Musk get on just fine.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873027175689142698

View: https://x.com/DerekdotSpace/status/1873027175689142698

With yesterday’s test, New Glenn has become the most powerful rocket ever fired at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a record that had been held by the Titan IVB since February 23, 1997.

 

[Byeman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873027175689142698

View: https://x.com/DerekdotSpace/status/1873027175689142698

that is wrong. Delta IV Heavy was more "powerful", it had greater payload capability than Titan IVB

 

[sferrin]

that is wrong. Delta IV Heavy was more "powerful", it had greater payload capability than Titan IVB

Titan IVB produced more thrust, which is what they're talking about.

 

[Michel Van]

New date for New Glenn launch for 5 January

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1874868808923705419

View: https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1874868808923705419

Departure! The Blue Origin landing vessel Jacklyn is underway from Port Canaveral for the debut launch of New Glenn. Support ship Harvey Stone towing.

Good luck to everyone involved!! This will be something to see on the return if all goes well! Views: nsf.live/spacecoast

 

[Josh_TN]

I am rather surprised they are attempting a full recovery on the first mission. I seems highly unlikely they would be successful right away.