Blue Origin aims to land next New Glenn booster, then reuse it for Moon mission

"We fully intend to recover the New Glenn first stage on this next launch."

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[fenris_uy]

Whereas SpaceX aims at both reuse and high cadence production... Of course they need lots of launches for Starlink anyway, so this is easier to justify.

Did SpaceX had a high cadence of Falcon 9 first stages at the start? For v1.0 it looks like the cadence was 1 booster every 6 months on average.

 

[fenris_uy]

They're saying they plan on their second launch in November, then refurbish the booster to launch again within 90 days for their third launch. But they also say they plan to launch no earlier than January of next year. Math doesn't seem to check out.
Am I missing something?

Is November 2025 + 90 days before or after January 2026? If it's after, then it's no earlier than January, right? Math appears to check out.

 

[fenris_uy]

It also means January is impossible. That's like saying the next Artemis mission to the moon will launch no earlier than tomorrow.

A NET date being too early is useless we both agree, but the math still checks out.

 

[fenris_uy]

SpaceX landed a SuperHeavy booster on the fifth attempt. #1 failed to stage, and never had the chance for an attempt. #2 failed during descent. This is where New Glenn is currently at. #3 failed during the landing burn. New Glenn didn't make it as far as a landing burn, because they failed to relight for the re-entry burn. #4 made a controlled simulated landing over the water. #5 finally attempted (and succeeded) the same process on land. Then #6 aborted and failed the attempt.

So if you're taking SpaceX as par, Blue Origin still has three more flights to go.

If you are using SpaceX as par, BO has 2 more flights to go. The simulated landing over water (#4) would be a landing attempt for anyone not trying to get caught by a very expensive launch tower.