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Blue Origin says New Glenn on track to launch before end of 2024

Blue Origin says it's on track to launch its towering New Glenn vehicle before the year’s end, though the company is still awaiting regulatory approval to

Blue Origin says it’s on track to launch its towering New Glenn vehicle before the year’s end, though the company is still awaiting regulatory approval to conduct a final key test of the massive rocket. As Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said in an interview at The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit earlier this month, New Glenn is key to his vision to lowering the cost of launch enough to move all polluting industry into orbit: “I know that sounds fantastical, so I beg the indulgence of this audience to bear with me for a moment,” he said. Instead, the NG-1 mission will test a demonstrator payload for the company’s Blue Ring orbital transfer vehicle, including communications, the power system, flight computer, and software that will be used on future production OTVs.

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