At 8 p.m. Sunday, Blue Origin officials announced that rocket propellant loading was underway at Launch Complex 36. Blue Origin crews hope to launch the towering, two-stage New Glenn during a three-hour window. Current target time: 2:07 a.m.
After stage separation, the reusable New Glenn first stage will descend and target landing hundreds of miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean atop Blue Origin’s drone ship Jacklyn, named for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ mother.
The Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predicts 90% odds of “go for launch” weather from the Cape, with thick cloud layers posing a meteorological threat. And in a key development, “significant seas heights will lower to around 5-6 feet” for the booster recovery attempt — Blue Origin’s first two launch windows Friday and Sunday got postponed amid rough seas.
“Weather (including sea states) looks much more favorable for this new window,” Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in a tweet.
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