# New Glenn | Maiden Flight: launch

> New Glenn by Blue Origin from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Flown: Success.

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## Facts

- Launch: New Glenn | Maiden Flight
- Mission: Maiden Flight
- Provider: Blue Origin
- Rocket: New Glenn
- Pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country of the launch site: USA
- Date (UTC): Thu, Jan 16, 07:03 UTC (2025-01-16T07:03:00.000Z)
- Launch window: 2025-01-16 06:00 UTC to 2025-01-16 09:00 UTC
- Status: completed (Launch Library 2: Success)
- Outcome: Success
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: Maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. Will carry the prototype Blue Ring payload tug and payload hoisting platform, consisting of communications array, power systems, and a flight computer affixed to a secondary payload adapter ring, remaining attached to the 2nd stage. This launch will serve as New Glenn's first National Security Space Launch certification flight. Target orbit is 2400 x 19300 km at 30° inclination.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

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- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://www.spacelaunchnow.me/launch/new-glenn-maiden-flight)

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