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Blue Origin Targets Thursday Afternoon New Glenn Launch as Solar Storm Threat Lingers

NASA is holding for acceptable space weather to protect the ESCAPADE spacecraft.

Darkness falls as a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is prepped for launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station November 8, 2025. The rocket is scheduled to launch Sunday afternoon with NASA’s ESCAPADE mission. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket sits on the launch pad, shortly before being delayed by weather on Earth and in space.
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A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready on Launch Complex 36 a few minutes before the launch was scrubbed at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Overview

  • Blue Origin retargeted a Nov. 13 window from 2:57–4:25 p.m. ET at Cape Canaveral with terrestrial weather over 95% favorable while teams monitor elevated solar activity.
  • A rare G4 severe geomagnetic storm watch and proton event warnings prompted Wednesday’s scrub over risks to spacecraft communications and electronics.
  • The mission carries NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes built by Rocket Lab to study Mars’ space weather, staging first near Sun–Earth L2 before an Earth gravity assist en route to a 2027 arrival.
  • Blue Origin plans a downrange barge landing of the first-stage booster on Jacklyn after failing to recover the booster on January’s debut flight.
  • A successful second launch advances New Glenn toward Space Force certification and includes a Viasat launch-telemetry demo for NASA’s Communications Services Project.