Blue Origin Pursuing New Glenn Launch Rate Boost

Blue Origin Concept: Blue Origin's redesigned launch complex at Cape Canaveral SFS includes two New Glenn launchpads.

Blue Origin's redesigned launch complex at Cape Canaveral SFS includes two New Glenn launchpads.

Credit: Blue Origin
CAPE CANAVERAL—The FAA on Sept. 29 posted its draft environmental assessment of a Blue Origin proposal to boost New Glenn launch rates from Cape Canaveral SFS from 12 to 50 flights per year. The agency, which oversees commercial U.S. spaceflight, also said it will prepare a supplemental...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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