Blue Origin Rebuilds LC-36 for New Glenn Return to Flight by Year-End

Four months after New Glenn exploded on the pad, Blue Origin is rebuilding Launch Complex 36 and aims to return the rocket to flight in December. The company switched from horizontal to vertical integration, dropping its transporter-erector, and is building four launch pads.

• Blue Origin targets a December return to flight carrying a Blue Ring spacecraft
• The May explosion toppled the lightning tower and damaged the support tower and launch mount
• The company moved to vertical integration, eliminating the transporter-erector
• Blue Origin is building four pads and wants weekly, then daily launch cadence