New Glenn is rebuilding LC-36 around a new horizontal/vertical launch flow, with Blue Origin targeting a return to flight before the end of 2026.
Current phase
3 of 5
CONOPS + major repairs
Public target
By end of 2026
Blue Origin goal
Next mission
Unconfirmed
Payload and window pending
Recovery architectureA new way to launch New GlennHorizontal integration · Crane breakover · Vertical payload mateOfficial recovery plan
Blue Origin · June 30, 2026
Official recovery sequence
Blue Origin reports the first two phases complete. Design work and major repairs are now the active program phase.
LC-36 access and safety controls established after the May 28 hotfire anomaly.
Hardware recovery and debris removal are complete; reconstruction has started.
Hybrid launch-flow design, launch-table refurbishment, tower repairs, and pad reconstruction are in work.
Repaired ground systems and the crane-based vertical breakover flow must be integrated and tested.
Corrective-action verification, mission assignment, rollout, rehearsal, range coordination, and a launch window remain ahead.
Flight workstream
The FAA closed the April 19 mishap investigation after identifying a cryogenic leak that froze a hydraulic line during the second-stage burn. Nine corrective actions still require verification before the next launch.
Ground workstream
The separate integrated-vehicle hotfire investigation remains active. Blue Origin says early analysis points to the aft section of the first stage; recovery and cleanup are complete, and pad reconstruction has started.
Horizontal / vertical CONOPS
Blue Origin will not rebuild the transporter-erector. The company is moving the existing 7x2 vehicle to a crane-based flow at 36A, adapting work that had already been under development for 9x4 operations at 36B.
GS1 and GS2 are joined inside the Integration Facility.
The integrated 7x2 vehicle travels to the refurbished pad.
A crane lifts New Glenn onto the launch table and hold-down ring.
The payload is lifted and connected after the rocket is vertical.
Blue Origin's confirmed LC-36 damage picture as of June 30.
Preserved infrastructure
Lost hardware
Public signals that will move the program from reconstruction toward launch watch.
Pad recovery
Phase 3 of 5
Site recovery and cleanup are complete. CONOPS design, launch-table work, tower repairs, and other major reconstruction are in progress.
Hotfire investigation
Cause under review
The May 28 ground-test investigation remains active. Blue Origin says early analysis points to the aft section of the first stage.
NG-3 flight actions
Verification pending
The FAA closed the NG-3 mishap investigation and authorized return to flight, subject to verification of nine corrective actions and other licensing requirements.
Launch operations
New flow in design
The 7x2 vehicle will be integrated horizontally, lifted onto the refurbished launch table by crane, and receive its payload after vertical breakover.
Next mission
Assignment pending
Blue Origin has not publicly confirmed the next payload, target orbit, or launch window beyond its goal to fly again before the end of 2026.
New Glenn's orbital missions to date, newest first. This record stands apart from the LC-36 ground incident.
The reused NG-2 booster landed again, but an upper-stage thrust anomaly left BlueBird 7 in an unusably low orbit; the spacecraft was subsequently deorbited.
New Glenn deployed NASA's ESCAPADE twin spacecraft to their loiter orbit and landed the first stage on Jacklyn.
New Glenn reached its intended orbit with Blue Ring Pathfinder; the first-stage landing attempt failed after a reentry-burn restart issue.
Incident archive
All personnel were accounted for. This event remains part of the active ground-test investigation, while the page's primary focus follows the documented rebuild and return-to-flight sequence.
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