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Цитировать Robin Seemangal‏Подлинная учетная запись @nova_road 26 мин. назад

At Cape Canaveral, @JeffBezos' @blueorigin has made incredible progress on their orbital rocket factory. Shot with my wheel man @JRouRouRou

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Цитировать Emre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly 6 ч. назад

Sen. Bill Nelson at @BlueOrigin KSC facility: "We're going to have several launches a week and, in some cases, two launches a day." – Kennedy Space Center

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Цитировать Emre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly 2 ч. назад

Fun facts about @BlueOrigin's KSC facility: Opening Dec. 2017; launch control will be there (~10 miles from pad); oh, and it's huge.

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ЦитироватьBlue Origin - 4K - New Rocket Factory 07-31-2017

USLaunchReport

Опубликовано: 31 июл. 2017 г.

Incredible to see the Space Coast first commercial rocket factory in progress. The employees will have a great launch view from the roof. Several old launch pads coming back to life.Blue Origin's Plant is less than 10 miles from the launch site, Pad 36.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSpg-wy7lfshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSpg-wy7lfs (4:39)

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Цитировать Stephen Clark‏ @StephenClark1 3 ч. назад

Clay Mowry of Blue Origin announces New Glenn will debut with 7-meter fairing on first launch. 2x volume of any 5-meter fairing flying today



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Blue Origin's Mowry: Next version of New Shepard suborbital booster shipped to West Texas launch site to fly before end of this year.

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Цитировать Ariane Cornell‏ @arianecornell 3 ч. назад

http://Www.blueorigin.com  got a refresh! Check out details on #newshepard, #newglenn, our engine tech & Blue careers

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Цитировать Caleb Henry‏ @CHenry_SN 4 ч. назад

Blue Origin factory in Florida. Company says facility, still under construction, is fine post-Irma.

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ЦитироватьNew Glenn will debut with 7-meter fairing on first launch. 2x volume of any 5-meter fairing flying today
Это ж сколько OneWeb-ов они туда собираются засунуть? 100?

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Цитировать Stephen C. Smith‏ @WordsmithFL 24 ч. назад

The @blueorigin construction site didn't have any obvious significant damage.
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https://www.muspacecorp.com/news/mu-space-partners-blue-origin-launch-geostationary-satellite/
ЦитироватьSeptember 26, 2017 / News

mu Space partners with Blue Origin to launch geostationary satellite

mu Space Corp today announced at the 68th Annual International Astronautical Congress that they have entered into an agreement with Blue Origin to partner on a future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard their New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch is set to happen early in the next decade.
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Commenting on the new partnership, mu Space CEO James Yenbamroong says, "We've decided to go with Blue Origin because we're impressed with the company's vision and engineering approach."

In September last year, Blue Origin announced publicly the plan to build New Glenn, its orbital launch vehicle that will carry people and payloads to low-Earth orbit destinations and beyond. Named after the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, John Glenn, the launch vehicle is designed to be reusable which enables lower cost access to space for Blue Origin's customers.

"We look forward to launching mu Space on New Glenn to serve the people of Thailand and to be a part of expanding mu Space's imprint on the Asia Pacific region," says Robert Meyerson, Blue Origin's President.

The company is working to support the growing demand in Asia-Pacific for broadband, mobile, broadcasting and smart city services using space based solutions.

According to mu Space's long term plan, the company will launch its own geostationary orbit satellite in 2021. It also plans to become the first company to offer space tourism in Asia.

"mu Space also shares Blue Origin's vision of developing space technologies that will accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies," James added. "We want to deliver equitable access to communication services for all and improve quality of life on Earth."

The agreement marks the first-time Blue Origin has partnered with an Asian launch customer.
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http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-shows-interest-in-national-security-launches/
ЦитироватьBlue Origin shows interest in national security launches
by Jeff Foust — October 6, 2017

CHANTILLY, Va. — The new chief executive of Blue Origin told the National Space Council his company is in discussions about certifying its New Glenn rocket for government missions, a shift in strategy that could put the company in competition with a customer.
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Blue Origin has so far signed up only commercial customers for its New Glenn rocket, but the company's new CEO said initial talks are underway about certifying it for U.S. government missions. Credit: Blue Origin

In a presentation to the first meeting of the reconstituted National Space Council at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center here Oct. 5, Bob Smith said that the New Glenn rocket the company is developing could be used for both commercial and government missions, the latter requiring the company to go through a certification process with agencies like NASA and the U.S. Air Force.

"Our New Glenn launch vehicle will be more capable than existing launch vehicles flying today, and can be used not only for human spaceflight and other commercial missions, but also for civil and national security payloads," he said. "Therefore, we are in early discussions with the national security community and NASA about how to certify New Glenn for their use."

New Glenn, Blue Origin's first orbital launch vehicle, is designed to place up to 45 metric tons into low Earth orbit and 13 metric tons into geostationary transfer orbit. That is a larger capacity than the existing Atlas and Delta vehicles by United Launch Alliance, with the exception of the Delta 4 Heavy, which can place nearly 14 metric tons into geostationary transfer orbit. It's also bigger than SpaceX's Falcon 9, which, like the Atlas and Delta, is certified by the U.S. Air Force for military missions.

To date, Blue Origin has focused on the commercial market for New Glenn. The company has so far signed up three customers, all developers of commercial communications satellites, for New Glenn. The company announced the third customer, Thai startup mu Space Corporation, Sept. 26 at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia.

New Glenn is powered by seven of its BE-4 engines in its first stage and one BE-4 engine in is second stage, with an optional third stage using the BE-3 engine first developed for its New Shepard suborbital vehicle. Blue Origin is also offering the BE-4 to ULA for its next-generation Vulcan rocket.

Blue Origin executives, including founder Jeff Bezos, have suggested in the past that the company would not pursue national security missions, which are a cornerstone of ULA's business.

"That is ULA's specialty," Bezos said of national security missions during a March 2016 media tour of Blue Origin's headquarters and manufacturing facility in Kent, Washington. "It may be very logical for ULA to continue to be specialized in doing that and we just support them with the engines."

ULA has not yet made a formal decision on what engine to use in Vulcan, although the company has previously stated that the BE-4 is the leading contender versus Aerojet Rocketdyne's AR1. ULA Chief Executive Tory Bruno said in April that he was awaiting the outcome of tests of the BE-4 at Blue Origin's test site in West Texas before officially selecting the engine.

Testing of the BE-4, though, has been delayed by a mishap in May that destroyed an engine powerpack, a key component of a rocket engine that includes the turbomachinery that pumps propellant through the engine. Smith indicated at the National Space Council meeting that those tests could begin in the near future.

"We will soon begin testing our BE-4 engine, which will take New Glenn into space, and is being developed in partnership with United Launch Alliance," he said.

Rob Meyerson, president of Blue Origin, said at the IAC last week that the company has made "measureable progress this year" on the BE-4, but did not elaborate. "We delivered the BE-4 hardware to our West Texas launch site for testing, and have more engines in the pipeline," he said in a presentation there where he announced the mu Space contract.

Smith's testimony at the National Space Council meeting was his first major public appearance since becoming chief executive of Blue Origin. The company had not made a formal announcement regarding hiring him, although Smith joined Blue Origin in August, according to his profile on the professional networking site LinkedIn.

"It's a great privilege to be part of an amazing team that is building reusable launch vehicles, modern powerful rocket engines and all the capabilities that will enable millions of people to live and work in space," Smith states in his LinkedIn profile.

Smith previously worked at Honeywell Aerospace for more than a decade, most recently as president of mechanical systems and components. Before that, he was at United Space Alliance, the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin that managed space shuttle operations, where he was executive director of the company's space shuttle upgrades development program.
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http://spaceflight101.com/blue-origins-be-4-engine-completes-first-hot-fire-test/
ЦитироватьBlue Origin's BE-4 Engine Completes First Hot-Fire Test
October 20, 2017

Blue Origin this week conducted the first hot fire test of the company's BE-4 engine, hoped to become the future workhorse for Blue's own New Glenn heavy-lift launch vehicle as well as United Launch Alliance's upcoming Vulcan rocket. Wednesday's brief test firing marked a major step towards certifying the engine for service before the end of the decade to support the company's ambitious goals of becoming a major competitor on the commercial launch market.
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Photo: Blue Origin

Developed with private funding, BE-4 is now on course to become the most powerful Liquid Natural Gas-powered engine reaching operational status, employing innovative technology, conservative design margins and a fully re-usable architecture in support of Blue Origin's future orbital launch venture.


Photo: Blue Origin

Entering development at the start of the decade, BE-4 had a long path to the test stand including a fairly major re-design when United Launch Alliance opted for Blue's engine as the prime candidate for Vulcan, requiring the engine to grow in size to deliver the thrust needed to lift the vehicle. Early in 2017, Blue Origin lost a set of powerpack hardware in a test anomaly, showcasing the inherent difficulties in developing a high-performance engine.

According to Ars Technica, Wednesday's test at the company's facility in West Texas operated the BE-4 engine at a 50-percent power setting [~1,200 Kilonewtons] and ran for three seconds. A Tweet from Blue Origin shows video from different angles that indicates a stable burn and shutdown sequence.


First assembled BE-4 Engine – Photo: Blue Origin

New Space Company Blue Origin has found itself in competition on two fronts recently. While the competition between Blue Origin and SpaceX had been highly publicized, the actual competitor for BE-4 is not found in the New Space sector but in rocket propulsion giant Aerojet Rocketdyne. When announcing the Vulcan rocket as the eventual replacement for the expensive Delta IV and Russian-reliant Atlas V, United Launch Alliance emphasized it preferred Blue Origin's BE-4 engine but also sel ected Aerojet's proposed AR-1 as a fallback plan.

Aerojet Rocketdyne, having built most engines powering the U.S. space program to date, began a heavy lobbying campaign against BE-4, primarily hinging on Blue Origin's inexperience when it comes to the design of such large, complex engines, citing the BE-4 was unproven at the required size and power. With Wednesday's successful test, Blue Origin has made the first major step in delivering visible results and backing up claims that BE-4 is significantly ahead of AR-1 and in a position to support the in-service goal of ULA's Vulcan rocket.

In contrast to AR-1 that has received $228 million in government funding, BE-4 was developed solely with private funding from Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. SpaceX is also developing its engines with private money, having spent the last several years optimizing their Merlin engine to squeeze the maximum performance out of the company's Falcon 9 vehicle to make first stage reusability a reality.


Fully integrated BE-4 Engine prior to shipment for testing – Photo: Blue Origin

SpaceX has now turned attention toward their own Liquid Methane/Liquid Oxygen engine named Raptor – hoped to become the driving force behind the company's interplanetary efforts. A sub-scale version of Raptor reached the test stand in 2016 and has since completed dozens of firings, though the final version of Raptor has been downsized fr om an initial thrust target of 3,050kN to 1,700kN as part of the natural design evolution of SpaceX's 'Big Falcon Rocket.' This would make BE-4 the most powerful CH4/LOX engine once reaching its target thrust of 2,400 Kilonewtons.

Blue Origin has emphasized a step-wise approach to achieving ambitious goals, becoming evident in the company motto of "Gradatim Ferociter" – Latin for "Step by Step, Ferociously." Initially, the company focused on development of the smaller, full cryogenic BE-3 engine and the New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle that is about to finish its test program before entering service for tourist and science flights to the edge of space and back. As design work on New Shepard finished, Blue Origin took the next step and initiated development of their New Glenn orbital vehicle.

Also, the company employs a hardware-rich development architecture compared to a design- and simulation-focused development – allowing for iterative changes to optimize designs for performance and cost.


Photo: Blue Origin

BE-4 is a single-shaft, oxygen-rich staged combustion engine using a single gas-driven turbine to power both turbopumps for oxidizer (Liquid Oxygen) and fuel (Liquefied Natural Gas). Jeff Bezos said in a March update that BE-4's main turbine will be spinning at 19,000 RPM with a power output of 70,000 horsepower. The engine has been baselined for a thrust of 2,400 Kilonewtons and a relatively low chamber pressure of 134 bar to create a relatively benign environment for the various engine components with the goal of a long life of many missions cycles.

As one of the largest methane-fueled engines ever built, BE-4 entered unknown territory when reaching the test stand as issues like combustion instability proved to be hard to model and were expected to be ironed out during an iterative testing phase. Wednesday's test, although only of short duration, will have provided Blue Origin a wealth of valuable data on the engine's start-up characteristics and potential transients as the combustion process stabilizes followed by a brief period of steady-state operation at the 50% thrust setting.

ULA and the U.S. Air Force were expected to commit to the BE-4 engine for the Vulcan vehicle after initial hot-firing tests of a fully integrated engine unit with particular focus on combustion instability in a methane engine of this scale.


New Glenn – Image: Blue Origin

Vulcan will employ a pair of BE-4 engines on its first stage plus up to six GEM-63XL Solid Rocket Boosters that will be used to size the rocket to each payload's specific requirements. The trusted Centaur upper stage will reprise its role in the first several years of the Vulcan program before ULA's Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) takes on the role of the upper stage in the second half of the 2020s.

Seven BE-4 engines will power Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, giving it a thrust of 17.1 Meganewtons – about half that of the mighty Saturn V. The rocket's second stage will be powered by a vacuum-optimized version of the BE-4 sporting an extended nozzle.

The 82-meter tall two-stage vehicle will be used for heavy-lift missions to Low Earth Orbit while high-energy deliveries to GTO and Beyond Earth Orbit would be handled by a 95-meter tall version sporting a cryogenic third stage powered by a version of Blue's BE-3 that is already flying on the New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle. According to remarks by Jeff Bezos earlier this year, New Glenn will be able to carry 45 metric tons into Low Earth Orbit and 13 metric tons to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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http://astronautical.org/events/vonbraun/
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Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium

October 24-26, 2017
Huntsville, Alabama
Цитировать Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 4 ч. назад

Gunderson: we're developing New Shepard primarily to get practice in reusability; think there's a suborbital market to sustain it. #vonbraun

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Gunderson: we'll be launching the human-rated version of New Shepard starting later this year. Intend to be flying people next yr. #vonbraun

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ЦитироватьEye spy with my little eye..... a nascent Blue Origin Rocket Pad

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Опубликовано: 28 окт. 2017 г.

Images used taken from 'Planet Explorer Beta' website. Video not monetized. Blue Origin building a launch pad at old Launch Complex 11 site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W05FPhN0Xchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W05FPhN0Xc (0:18 )

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https://3dnews.ru/960735

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Согласно индексу миллиардеров Bloomberg, к 18:00 мск в понедельник, 30 октября, состояние Джеффа Безоса достигло $93,4 млрд, что на 10,4 % больше, чем в четверг. Прирост произошёл в результате увеличения котировок Amazon на 13 %.

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Цитировать Julia‏ @julia_bergeron 4 ч. назад

In completely different news, the @blueorigin Cape building is having the overhead cranes installed tonight. #thaplaceishuge

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Цитировать Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 30 мин. назад

ARTICLE: Blue Origin remains on course for 2020 debut of New Glenn heavy lift rocket - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/blue-origin-2020-debut-new-glenn-rocket/ ... By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF) with renders from Nathan Koga (@kogavfx) #We_Like_Big_Rockets
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http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-preparing-to-resume-test-flights-from-west-texas/
ЦитироватьBlue Origin preparing to resume test flights from West Texas
by Jeff Foust — December 9, 2017


Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle lifting off on a test flight in January 2017. An airspace closure noticed published by the FAA Dec. 9 suggests the company is preparing to resume test flights of the vehicle. Credit: Blue Origin

WASHINGTON — An airspace closure notice published by the Federal Aviation Administration Dec. 9 suggests Blue Origin is preparing to resume test flights of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle after a hiatus of more than a year.
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The Notice to Airman, or NOTAM, published by the FAA on its website Dec. 9 closes airspace above Blue Origin's test site between Dec. 11 and 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern each day. The closure is to "provide a safe environment for rocket launch and recovery."

The NOTAM does not give additional details about the planned activities, but does identify Blue Origin as the point of contact regarding the airspace closure.

"Blue Origin has filed a NOTAM for spaceflight operations this week. It will be taken down when our activity is complete," a company spokesperson said in a statement to SpaceNews. The company declined to provide additional details about those spaceflight operations.

Blue Origin has filed similar NOTAMs in the past in advance of New Shepard test flights. Such notices were originally the only advance notice of those flights, which the company disclosed only after they took place. The company later became more open about New Shepard test flights, proving advance notice of them and even offering live webcasts.

Blue Origin completed a series of suborbital test flights of New Shepard in October 2016. On that last flight, it successfully performed a test of the vehicle's in-flight abort system, with the crew capsule rocketing away from the propulsion module and making a parachute landing. Despite expectations that the propulsion module would be damaged or destroyed by the abort motor's plume, it was able to make a powered vertical landing, similar to four other test flights dating back to November 2015.

Blue Origin subsequently retired that test vehicle, putting the propulsion module on display at events such as the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs and the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture air show in Wisconsin. Along with it, the company displayed a model of the crew capsule, its interior outfitted with six seats to carry space tourists on the suborbital spaceflights the company plans to offer. New Shepard will also be able to fly research payloads, with some experiments flying on the earlier series of test flights.

The company said it was building a new set of propulsion modules and crew capsules. In recent months, company officials said that test flights using the new vehicles would resume before the end of this year.

"We're looking forward to flying the next tail number of New Shepard by the end of the year," Ariane Cornell of Blue Origin said in a Sept. 26 panel discussion at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia.

Those future test flights, she said then, would also use a version of the crew capsule that includes the large windows the company has promoted as the largest ever to be flown on a spacecraft. The capsule on the earlier test flights had only the locations of the windows painted on its exterior. "It's a really important next step," she said.

Unlike Virgin Galactic, another company that is planning to offer suborbital spaceflights for tourism, Blue Origin has not started selling tickets for New Shepard flights. Company founder Jeff Bezos said at Space Symposium in April that selling tickets, or even setting a price for those tickets, was not a priority at the time.

"We'll probably start taking down payments and selling tickets when we're closer to commercial operations," Bezos said then. "We have a whole test program ahead of us."
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