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Blue Origin’s next launch now won’t happen until 2027
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Blue Origin has moved its next New Glenn rocket launch to January 2027, about 10 days later than its earlier target. The shift delays the rocket’s return to flight following damage to its launchpad and postpones a planned mission carrying Amazon Leo satellites.
CEO Dave Limp reportedly told staff that bad weather affected the launchpad’s rebuilding. In October, founder Jeff Bezos had said the company was aiming for a December launch, joking it could be on 31 December. Limp said the adjustment did not diminish the work already completed and that returning New Glenn to flight remained the company’s top priority.
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In short
- New Glenn’s next launch is planned for January 2027.
- Bad weather affected launchpad rebuilding.
- The revised window is about 10 days later.
How this story developed
- 37 minutes ago Blue Origin’s next New Glenn rocket launch is now planned for January 2027, later than the company’s earlier December target.
- 39 minutes ago Blue Origin has moved its next New Glenn rocket launch to January 2027, about 10 days later than its earlier target. The shift delays the rocket’s return to flight following damage to its launchpad and postpones a planned mission carrying Amazon Leo satellites.
Full account
Blue Origin’s next New Glenn launch is now expected in January 2027, according to reports citing an internal memo from chief executive Dave Limp. The revised timing follows a May explosion during a hot test at the rocket’s Florida launch site, which damaged infrastructure and delayed the company’s return to flight.
The reports say repairs have included work on the Vehicle Access Tower and the launch bridge. Limp attributed the slower progress to weather, while praising staff for their work. He described the adjustment as small and said returning New Glenn to flight remained the company’s top priority.
The new date pushes the launch beyond an earlier public expectation of a December flight. In October, founder Jeff Bezos told Fox News that Blue Origin was aiming for December, joking that it might be as late as 31 December. New Glenn is expected to carry satellites for Amazon’s Leo broadband service on future missions.
The delay comes as Blue Origin prepares to take on further work in space. The company won a NASA contract in September to establish a telecommunications network for Mars. The launch date remains an expectation reported from the memo, rather than a confirmed flight schedule.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
CNBC and the Financial Times are both cited as reporting the January 2027 timing from Limp’s memo; the Financial Times is identified as the first to report the development in Source 2.
Source 1 describes January as about ten days later than Blue Origin’s earlier launch target. Source 2 gives no such comparison and instead stresses that the expected launch has moved from before the end of 2026 to January 2027.
Source 2 gives more detail on the repairs, naming the Vehicle Access Tower and launch bridge, and adds the NASA Mars communications contract. Source 1 foregrounds Bezos’s earlier December remark and quotes Limp’s reassurance about the schedule change.
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