Blue Origin Undur Again New Glenn Rocket First Flight Schedule

New Glenn rocket (photo: dock. Blue Origin)

JAKARTA Blue Origin faces major challenges as the launch of the New Glenn rocket continues to be delayed. If calculated since early January, New Glenn flights have been delayed five times.

Initially, New Glenn wanted to launch on January 10, but the condition of the high seas in the Atlantic was not possible so the launch window continued to be postponed. The company finally prepared for the launch of the New Glenn on January 13 at around 13.00 WIB.

The launch window was opened for up to three hours, but in the end the rocket failed to launch. According to the company's confession, the rocket is experiencing subsystem problems so the launch opportunity must be reviewed. Therefore, the schedule has changed again.

Shortly after its launch was canceled, Blue Origin targeted a New Glenn flight on January 14. Before the launch window reopened, the space company announced that their rocket would take off on January 16.

However, once again, this schedule has changed again. Now, Blue Origin is targeting New Glenn's inaugural flight on January 17. According to the company, the space weather doesn't look good so they don't want to take the risk.

"Wow, it looks great tonight, but we are watching the weather carefully when clouds form on the Space Coast. If we can't launch it, we'll try it on Friday, January 17th," Blue Origin said via its official website.

When viewed from this statement, Blue Origin still launched its rocket on January 16 at around 13.00 WIB. When problems occur again, both technical and weather issues, New Glenn will be re-launched according to the set schedule.

Looking at the length of New Glenn's scheduling history, there is still a possibility that the launch window will change. This delay did not have a good impact on the company as space enthusiasts began to get tired of waiting and asking Blue Origin to focus on fixing the problem.