Success
NS-24
Suborbital
Blue Origin(BO)CommercialNew Shepard
Suborbit
Twenty-fourth flight of New Shepard carrying the same 36 science and research payloads and tens of thousands of postcards from Club For Future that flew on the failed NS-23 flight.
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Replay
Links
Mission details
BO Mission
#24
Pad Launch
#24
Location Launch
#24
Launch Window
NET
Dec 19, 2023, 4:42 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
1:30 PM
Window Open
9:30 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
- Dec 19, 2023, 5:01 PM
Launch Successful.
Source - Dec 19, 2023, 4:43 PM
Liftoff
Source - Dec 19, 2023, 4:39 PM
Hold released ~ 16:43 UTC
- Dec 19, 2023, 4:35 PM
Hold
- Dec 19, 2023, 4:31 PM
Hold released ~16:39 UTC
- Dec 19, 2023, 4:29 PM
On Hold
- Dec 19, 2023, 4:14 PM
Livestream has started
Source - Dec 18, 2023, 11:29 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Dec 18, 2023, 3:43 PM
Scrubbed due to a ground system issue, next attempt later this week
Source - Dec 18, 2023, 3:28 PM
Livestream has not started yet, setting hold until new T-0 is announced
Source - Dec 18, 2023, 1:58 PM
Targeting 15:30 UTC
Source - Dec 16, 2023, 6:31 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Dec 15, 2023, 6:13 PM
Added launch window.
Source - Dec 12, 2023, 5:08 PM
NET December 18.
Source - Sep 12, 2023, 1:08 PM
Adding launch NET October
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
Dec 19, 2023, 10:42 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