LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Jul 18 2018

Blue Origin

NS-9

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(3:00 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:00 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:00 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

New Shepard

Description:

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
The third commercial flight for Blue Origin. NS-9 carried various payloads on a sub-orbital flight. It also tested the capsule escape rockets at high altitude.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Corn Ranch, USA

Pad

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch