>This marked the first time that Blue Origin, a space company founded by Jeff Bezos more than two decades ago, has integrated and fired an orbital rocket stage. After the test, Blue Origin said it is still tracking toward a November launch of the New Glenn rocket.
So they have only test fired their second stage though they seem to be planning in around 6 weeks time.
I am not sure that it’s normal for first test fires to be this close to the first launch. Seems to be cutting it a bit fine….. Id not be surprised to see more slippage.
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>This marked the first time that Blue Origin, a space company founded by Jeff Bezos more than two decades ago, has integrated and fired an orbital rocket stage. After the test, Blue Origin said it is still tracking toward a November launch of the New Glenn rocket.
So they have only test fired their second stage though they seem to be planning in around 6 weeks time.
I am not sure that it’s normal for first test fires to be this close to the first launch. Seems to be cutting it a bit fine….. Id not be surprised to see more slippage.