Pictures: Blue Origin’s 1st launch of New Glenn from the Space Coast
Blue Origin had a successful debut launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Thursday.
History made: Blue Origin’s New Glenn reaches orbit on debut launch
The 321-foot-tall rocket powered by seven of the company’s BE-4 engines launched from Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36 at 2:03 a.m. as crowds gathered along the beach to witness the historical first for Jeff Bezos’ rocket company.
The rocket made history when it made it to orbit successfully on its first try. Companies including SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Firefly, Astra and Relativity Space were not able to achieve successful orbit on their rockets’ debut launches.