Blue Origin Halfway Through 4-flight Certification to Allow Launch of National Security Missions

SPACEFLIGHT NOW - One of Blue Origin’s oft repeated phrases is that the company is paving a road to space with its New Glenn rocket. The company, established by Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, is about halfway through creating one important lane in that road: launching national security missions.

During a briefing on the sidelines of the Space Force Association’s annual SpacePower Conference, Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, Commander of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) confirmed that Blue Origin chose a four-launch path to certify New Glenn to launch missions as part of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contract.

The company launched two New Glenn rockets in 2025 and on the second flight successfully recovered the first stage booster, Glenn Stage 1 (GS1).

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Note:  Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.

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