Blue Origin

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Founded by Jeff Bezos; landed a New Glenn orbital booster in 2025 and reflew one in 2026.

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Founded: 2000
Headquarters: Kent, WA, US

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Launches / year 2 New Glenn (2025) Booster reflights 2 New Glenn, first reuse (2026) Stage 2 Orbital Reef, design Volume 830 Orbital Reef, design Crew 10 Orbital Reef, design

Roadmap & milestones

New Glenn destroyed in static-fire explosion

2026-05

Blue Origin

A New Glenn first stage exploded during a static-fire test at LC-36, Cape Canaveral (28 May 2026) — destroying the booster and damaging Blue Origin's only New Glenn pad. Reported as the most powerful rocket explosion since the Soviet N1 (1969); no injuries. Blue Origin targets return to flight before end-2026, accelerating a vertical-integration redesign.

Press release · 2026-05