New Glenn Awarded Important Nationwide Safety Area Launch Contract

Blue Origin gained a contract in the present day to function a Nationwide Safety Area Launch (NSSL) Section 3 Lane 2 heavy-lift supplier for the nation’s most important missions. We’re proud to help the Division of Protection and the Nationwide Reconnaissance Workplace on this effort. The award marks an essential step to increase the selection of launch suppliers and sustained competitors for assured entry to house. For extra details about in the present day’s award, go right here.  

“It is an honor and big accountability to crew with the U.S. Authorities to launch our nation’s most essential belongings,” stated Jarrett Jones, SVP, New Glenn. “By means of this partnership, we’re wanting ahead to delivering on quite a few vital nationwide safety priorities.” 

This contract duties New Glenn with missions to stressing orbits requiring larger efficiency launch techniques and full mission assurance as a Area Techniques Command (SSC)-certified launch automobile. The payloads delivered will help our nation’s strategic benefit in house.  

That is the third nationwide safety launch-related contract we have been awarded prior to now 12 months. In June 2024, Blue Origin gained a contract to compete for NSSL Section 3 Lane 1 missions. We additionally gained a contract in July 2024 to compete for missions within the Orbital Providers Program (OSP)-4, which permits New Glenn to compete for activity orders meant to place capabilities on orbit inside two years. 

January’s NG-1 launch was our first NSSL certification flight, and we count on to fly NG-2 in late spring.