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Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
The first flight of the New Shepard 2 booster. The capsule reached an apogee of 100.5 kilometers.
Serial 1
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Retired
Landing Time 2015-11-23T17:32:00+0000
Height 15.00 Meters
Max Stages 1
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 490 kN
Diameter 3.70 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 75 Tonnes
Launch Success 27
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 2015-04-29
Launch Failures 1
Serial NS-2
Status retired
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 5
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location CR