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NewsFeb 25, 2021

New Glenn's Progress Towards Maiden Flight

As major progress is being made on the New Glenn launch vehicle and
its Cape Canaveral facilities, the schedule has been refined to match
the demand of Blue Origin's commercial customers. The current target
for New Glenn's maiden flight is Q4 2022. The Blue Origin team has
been in contact with all of our customers to ensure this baseline
meets their launch needs.

This updated maiden flight target follows the recent Space Force
decision to not select New Glenn for the National Security Space
Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Services Procurement (LSP). 

New Glenn is proceeding to fulfill its current commercial contracts,
pursue a large and growing commercial market, and enter into new
civil space launch contracts. We hope to launch NSSL payloads in the
future, and remain committed to serving the U.S. national defense
mission. 

Recent milestones include completion of a New Glenn first stage
mockup simulator, completion of a structural test facility, and
hardware milestones for tanks, stage modules, and composite fairings.

In addition to program progress, more than 600 jobs have been created
in the region. Blue Origin has invested more than $2.5 billion in
facilities and infrastructure at all sites, including $1 billion
invested in the rebuild of historic LC-36, which is nearing
completion.

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