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Blue Origin New Glenn delayed to 2027

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Blue Origin is delaying the next flight of its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket to January 2027, after previously targeting the end of 2026. New Glenn has been grounded since a May hot-fire test explosion destroyed a booster and badly damaged Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral. Blue Origin also announced a new third stage, GS3, and a new booster engine, Northstar.

The pad rebuild was slowed by summer weather and the scale of the damage. The company also had to retrofit BE-4 engines after identifying a main oxygen valve issue as the anomaly's origin. The delay affects Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation, which relies on New Glenn for some launches, and could push back AST SpaceMobile's satellite deployment plans.

Blue Origin has pushed the next New Glenn launch to January 2027 after the May hot-fire explosion and launchpad rebuild delays, according to an internal memo from CEO Dave Limp.

Blue Origin has delayed New Glenn's return to flight to January 2027, slipping from the end of 2026, after the May explosion damaged its Florida launchpad.

Blue Origin delayed New Glenn's return to flight to January 2027 after the May explosion. Blue Origin is separate from Amazon, though Amazon is a launch customer for its Project Kuiper satellites.

Blue Origin pushed New Glenn's next launch to January 2027, according to Reuters and an internal staff memo.

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Blue Origin delayed New Glenn's return to flight to January 2027 after the May explosion. Blue Origin is separate from Amazon, though Amazon is a launch customer for its Project Kuiper satellites.

⚡ 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: $AMZN Blue Origin Delays New Glenn Rocket Launch to January 2027 Following Major Explosion - $RKLB $ASTS $SPCX 👉 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: ➤ 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 postpones 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻 rocket's return to 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳. ➤ Launch delay

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Libghostty 1.0, the library for the Ghostty terminal project, has been released, according to the project site.

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MGood morning. It's Saturday, six oh two. Blue Origin is pushing New Glenn to January.
CReuters posted on X that the next flight now targets January 2027, not the end of 2026.
MNew Glenn is their heavy-lift rocket for big commercial and government payloads.
CThis was supposed to be its return after the May explosion.
MCEO Dave Limp told staff returning New Glenn to flight is the top priority, and "it's worth it."
CIt better be. They've been grounded since May, when a hot-fire test blew up a booster.
MThe explosion also did serious damage to the Florida launchpad.
CRebuild slowed by summer weather, the scale of the damage, and an engine valve issue.
MThe anomaly reportedly involved an oxygen valve on the BE-4 engines.
CSo they're fixing the engines before anything flies again.
MThey also used the downtime to announce a new upper stage and a new engine.
CDevelopment kept moving while the pad was down.
MThe delay hits more than Blue Origin. Amazon's Project Kuiper needs New Glenn for some launches.
CKuiper is the satellite internet constellation Amazon is building.
MAmazon has already moved some launches to United Launch Alliance and Arianespace.
CSo not a total standstill. But AST SpaceMobile could be squeezed on its satellite schedule.
MTheir satellite deployment schedule is suddenly much tighter.
CThe Register notes less breathing room before NASA's Artemis III demonstration mission.
MA commercial slip ripples into a government moon-mission timeline. That's heavy-lift reality.
CAnd on X, Hardik Shah's stock account puts Amazon, Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMobile, and SpaceX tickers next to this.
MQuick correction: Blue Origin and Amazon are separate companies. Amazon is a launch customer.
CExactly. Ticker bundles like that confuse who's actually flying.
MBut if you're watching heavy-lift this morning, it's not a great headline.
CI think the delay exposes how hard heavy-lift still is.
MIt's not that heavy-lift can't work. This was a ground test failure, not a launch failure.
CGround or not, it wrecked a pad and cost them the rest of this year.
MThey found the valve, they're fixing it. That's engineering.
CFair enough. But January is still a long way off for customers.

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