Blue Origin Targets Sunday New Glenn Launch With First Reused Booster

Overview

• The company set a Cape Canaveral launch window from Launch Complex 36, with Blue Origin’s stream starting 30 minutes before liftoff.
• The mission will deploy AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 toward low Earth orbit to support direct-to-smartphone broadband.
• New Glenn will fly with a previously landed first stage for the first time after Blue Origin recovered the booster in November.
• The stage, called Never Tell Me The Odds, was refurbished with new engines and will try another drone-ship landing.
• Blue Origin says reusing boosters is key to lowering launch prices and keeping a steadier schedule in a market where SpaceX sets the pace.