Blue Origin has scrubbed the first launch attempt of its New Glenn rocket due to a subsystem issue. The company is reviewing opportunities for the next launch attempt.
Blue Origin has called off today's launch attempt for its New Glenn rocket, standing down a little over two hours into the vehicle's launch window. Rocket enthusiasts who were awake for the 0600 UTC opening of the launch window saw repeated resets of the countdown clock before Jeff Bezos' company eventually aborted the mission, citing problems with a subsystem.
On X, Blue Origin said: 'We're standing down on today's launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window. We're reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt.' Throughout the broadcast leading up to the scrub, references were made to 'issues' the company was working on throughout the countdown. The decision to scrub the launch after multiple countdown resets was therefore not a huge surprise, particularly considering this is the very first launch of the rocket. Blue Origin is in good company. NASA, for example, famously scrubbed the Artemis I launch attempt due to a liquid hydrogen leak. The monster rocket finally launched in November 2022. It is unlikely that there will be a months-long delay before Blue Origin tries again, but the company has not disclosed the next Not-Earlier-Than (NET) date for liftoff. In an interview ahead of the failed launch attempt, Bezos said he did not expect Musk to use his close ties with President-elect Trump to undercut Blue Origin. Once operational, New Glenn will be a rival to SpaceX Falcon 9. Bezos said, 'Elon has been very clear that he's doing this for the public interest and not for his personal gain. And I take him at face value.' Blue Origin has faced several challenges even getting to this point. As well as some substantial technical hold-ups, complications with the weather in the last few days held up the launch attempt – Blue Origin would like to attempt a recovery of the first stage using a floating platform, but high seas have prevented this in recent days, despite it not being the primary goal of the test flight. In addition to the weather, range troubles might also cause Blue Origin headaches. As Blue Origin's New Glenn remains on Launch Complex 36, a SpaceX Falcon 9 is due to be blasted from Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A on January 15. The mission will carry lunar landers in the form of Japan's Hakuto-R Mission 2 and Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost M2, which is transporting ten NASA payloads to the lunar surface.
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