Blue Origin expands Florida launch capacity

Blue Origin announced Friday it will add two launch pads for the New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, alongside two already under construction.

New manufacturing and support infrastructure

Blue Origin is investing in a new manufacturing facility to produce up to one hundred fifty upper stages for a larger New Glenn variant.

Customer integration facility with Space Force

Blue Origin will add a new customer integration facility built with the US Space Force, featuring four payload bays to process multiple missions simultaneously.

“building the capacity to support more missions, more reliably, and more efficiently”

Three billion dollars invested in Florida

Blue Origin has invested about three billion dollars in Florida facilities and infrastructure to support New Glenn construction and launches.

Recovering from May engine failure

New Glenn's development stalled in late May when a BE-4 engine problem caused catastrophic loss of the vehicle and Launch Complex thirty-six A at Cape Canaveral.

Larger nine by four variant in development

Blue Origin is building a larger nine by four variant of New Glenn with nine first-stage engines, compared to the smaller seven by two variant with seven engines.

Positioning for NASA's Artemis Program

Blue Origin likely needs the nine by four variant to launch a human lander to the Moon for NASA as part of the Artemis Program.