The FAA grounded New Glenn after it didn’t put its payload into orbit.
Blue Origin can now make extra concrete plans for New Glenn’s subsequent flight after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared the rocket for launch. When you’ll recall, the FAA grounded New Glenn after failing to correctly put its payload in orbit throughout its third mission. Now, in a publish on X, the aerospace firm introduced that the company permitted its report for the flight and accepted the corrective measures it carried out. “NG-4 preparations proceed — updates coming quickly,” Blue Origin wrote, speaking in regards to the rocket’s subsequent flight.
Again in April, the corporate efficiently reused its first-stage New Glenn booster for the primary time for New Glenn’s third mission (NG-3). Every part appeared to be going properly till it was time to place the AST SpaceMobile satellite tv for pc the automobile was carrying into orbit. Blue Origin introduced on the time that the automobile positioned the satellite tv for pc “into an off-nominal orbit.” AST SpaceMobile revealed afterward that its satellite tv for pc separated from the automobile, however its “altitude [was] too low to maintain operations with its on-board thruster expertise and can de-orbited.”
The FAA grounded New Glenn after the incident, which it referred to as a “mishap,” and opened an investigation to “decide the basis reason for the occasion and establish corrective actions.” Shortly after the occasion, Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp mentioned early knowledge urged that on the second burn of the rocket’s higher stage, one among its BE-3U engines did not produce enough thrust to achieve its goal orbit. The corporate’s new publish on X echoes his announcement. “Previous to our second GS2 burn, we skilled an off-nominal thermal situation, and, consequently, one of many BE-3U engines did not obtain full thrust to achieve our goal orbit,” Blue Origin wrote.
In an announcement despatched to SpaceNews, the FAA revealed that the ultimate report had recognized the direct reason for the mishap “as a cryogenic leak that froze a hydraulic line and led to a thrust anomaly through the second-stage engine burn.” Blue Origin has taken 9 corrective actions since figuring out the difficulty to forestall the incident from taking place once more. The corporate has but to announce the timeline for NG-4, however Limp just lately posted a video of New Glenn’s transporter erector and revealed that Blue Origin is getting ready for built-in hotfire testing, presumably for the upcoming mission.
Enjoyable video showcasing “No, It is Essential” lifting on the Transporter Erector. Subsequent cease built-in hotfire. “By no means Inform Me The Odds” is in the home, too (properly into it is refurb cycle) pic.twitter.com/HnQO31inoq
— Dave Limp (@davill) Could 22, 2026
