Maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket reached orbit on the first attempt, carrying the Blue Ring Pathfinder demonstrator; the reusable first stage was lost during descent toward its Atlantic droneship landing attempt.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 20.4 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 New Glenn flights
- Date and time
- 16 January 2025, 07:03 UTC
- Rocket
- New Glenn
- Builder
- Blue Origin
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2025-011
- Launches in 2025
- 11th of 329
See it in orbit
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