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Rocket Lab, Firefly, Relativity, Stoke are all working on reusable rockets. Blue Origin’s New Glenn is supposed to have the first flight end of September, carry
by signatoremo 2y ago
Rocket Lab, Firefly, Relativity, Stoke are all working on reusable rockets. Blue Origin’s New Glenn is supposed to have the first flight end of September, carrying some low risk NASA’s satellites. They also plan to land on the first try. We shall see if they can achieve that
- dotnet00 2y agoI think a launch this year for New Glenn is pretty much entirely off the table now (or might just barely make it in by the end of the year), they haven't even gotten to static firing the rocket yet, let alone all the work after that needed to be able to fly. They'd have to move as fast as SpaceX without running into any trouble on their very first time lighting up the fully integrated rocket and have launch licensing paperwork already being worked through to just barely make it to a September launch. Similarly, I bet that the next Starship test won't happen before mid-September/early-October if they stick to the plan of attempting a catch.