Blue Origin Just Declared New Glenn Second Launch Attempt! Static Fire Completed! Is SpaceX Done?
Video from the channel The Space Community about New Glenn, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 9:48. Language: English. Video type: News.
What's being reported
On 30 October 2025, at 21:59 US Eastern time, Blue Origin completed the static fire of the New Glenn bound for its second flight, at Launch Complex 36 in Florida. The test lasted 38 seconds with the rocket anchored to the pad: the seven methane-fuelled BE-4 engines produced close to 3.9 million pounds of thrust, held full power for 22 seconds, and then some shut down to simulate the landing burn and study propellant flow between active and inactive lines. An earlier attempt had been aborted hours before without the company explaining why.
Context
The video recalls the first flight, in January, which placed a Blue Ring prototype into orbit but lost the first stage at sea. The payload for the second flight is NASA's two ESCAPADE probes, built by Rocket Lab, weighing about 400 kg each and bound for Mars.
What it means
After the test, the remaining steps were integrating the payload, fitting the fairing and rolling back to the pad; anonymous sources cited in the video put the launch no earlier than 9 November, with no date confirmed by Blue Origin. The rest of the piece compares New Glenn with SpaceX's rockets and reviews potential customers, such as Amazon's Kuiper constellation and military launch contracts.