New Glenn, the highly effective orbital rocket constructed by Blue Origin, the area firm based by Jeff Bezos, is on a launchpad in Florida. When the skies didn’t clear, it stayed on the bottom.
The tentative launch time, initially set for two:45 p.m., was pushed again a number of instances. On the finish of the 88-minute launch window, mission managers referred to as off the launch.
Meaning NASA’s ESCAPADE mission — two similar spacecraft that can orbit Mars to measure the dynamics of that planet’s magnetic discipline and environment — must wait for one more day to begin their journey.
The corporate stated in a put up on the social platform X on Sunday night time that it’ll subsequent attempt to launch no sooner than Wednesday at 2:50 p.m.
Blue Origin appeared to have obtained an exemption from a Federal Aviation Administration announcement that beginning Monday, no industrial rockets can elevate off between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. native time. That’s a part of an try to alleviate congestion within the nation’s airspace through the ongoing federal authorities shutdown.
“We labored with the FAA and vary to pick a launch window,” the put up stated.
What’s the New Glenn rocket?
At 321 ft tall, New Glenn is a huge. It’s taller than the Falcon 9 rockets often flown by SpaceX, however shorter than the Starship automobile the corporate is testing in Texas.
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The rocket is called after John Glenn, the primary American to orbit Earth.
Its payload nostril cone, at 7 meters extensive, presents not less than twice as a lot area for payloads as different rockets at present in operation.
The booster stage — the decrease a part of the rocket that lifts off the bottom and carries the higher stage by way of the densest a part of the environment — is designed to land and to be reused.
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