Failure
NS-23
Suborbital
Blue Origin(BO)CommercialNew Shepard
Suborbit
Twenty-third flight of New Shepard carrying 36 science and research payloads along with tens of thousands of postcards from Club For Future.
Monday, September 12, 2022 at 2:27 PM
Replay
Status Details
Failure Reason
Launch escape system activated at T+1:05 following apparent BE-3 booster engine shutdown; capsule landed nominally
Mission details
BO Mission
#23
Pad Launch
#23
Location Launch
#23
Launch Window
NET
Sep 12, 2022, 2:27 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
1:30 PM
Window Open
4:00 PM
Window Close
New Shepard Specs
The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
Length
15 m
Diameter
3.7 m
Launch Mass
75 t
Thrust
490 kN
LEO Capacity
0 kg
GTO Capacity
0 kg
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2015
Fastest Turnaround
20d
Total Launches
38
Successful
37
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
15
Maiden flight: Apr 29, 2015
Social Flight Log
- Sep 12, 2022, 2:48 PM
Launch abort at T+1:05
Source - Sep 12, 2022, 2:27 PM
Liftoff
Source - Sep 12, 2022, 1:07 PM
Webcast live
Source - Sep 7, 2022, 3:40 PM
Adding new launch window and setting GO
Source - Sep 3, 2022, 4:10 AM
No launch on September 3rd.
Source - Sep 2, 2022, 5:23 AM
Scrubbed again due to weather
Source - Sep 1, 2022, 3:11 PM
Update start of window
Source - Sep 1, 2022, 12:28 PM
Delayed by 24 hours
Source - Aug 31, 2022, 4:22 PM
Updating NET
Source - Aug 31, 2022, 12:00 PM
Scrub due to weather
Source - Aug 24, 2022, 5:18 PM
Adding launch window
Source - Aug 24, 2022, 5:06 PM
Adding launch NET August 31
Source
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.
Timezone
America/Chicago
Local Launch Time
Sep 12, 2022, 9:27 AM
Total Launches
38
Total Landings
38
Coordinates
31.4229, -104.7572
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
Founded
2000
Administrator
CEO: Jeff Bezos
Total Launches
41
Successful
39
Failed
2
Pending
3
Consecutive Success
0