The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket sits at Launch Complex 36 ahead of its scheduled launch early on the morning of Jan. 13 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Monday abandoned the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket after last-minute problems with the vehicle, a blow to its bid to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the satellite space.
The launch was scheduled to take place from Cape Canaveral, Florida starting at 1 a.m. ET.
“We are abandoning today’s launch attempt to address a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch deadline,” the company said on social media platform X.
Blue Origin said it is considering options for its next launch attempt.
The 320-foot-tall, partially reusable New Glenn rocket faced liftoff time delays before the final decision to abort the launch.
“As part of the long-term vision, we really have to protect this planet. And the role of space technologies.” said Ariane Cornell, Blue Origin’s vice president of space systems, during a livestream of the planned liftoff. “That’s also why we started with reusable rockets and reusable engines.”
This latest news is being updated.
