Author Topic: Blue Origin continuing work on New Glenn launch complex, support facilities  (Read 115464 times)

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https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1364969291746074628

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Historic Launch Complex 36 is being built from the ground up and we have invested $1 billion in the project. Here’s a first look at the pad – including the “Road to Space” #NewGlenn will travel on prior to flight.

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It's good to see Blue Origin starting to become more transparent about what they are doing.  I hope it continues.

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Garry Gleckel, Launch site director, stated at 1:27 into the video, that vehicle access tower at LC-36 can support human spaceflight. That statement may have spoken volumes about an unannounced spacecraft, or perhaps, just stating it could support some unplanned human spaceflight or perhaps from another spacecraft maker.

Stay tuned.

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Garry Gleckel, Launch site director, stated at 1:27 into the video, that vehicle access tower at LC-36 can support human spaceflight. That statement may have spoken volumes about an unannounced spacecraft, or perhaps, just stating it could support some unplanned human spaceflight or perhaps from another spacecraft maker.

Stay tuned.

I know it's probably a capsule with regular second stage, but what would look cool too: A winged reusable space plane that works as a second stage too, top of the NG booster...

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Weren’t there concepts of a biconic crewed spacecraft in the earlier days of Blue Origin?

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I know it's probably a capsule with regular second stage, but what would look cool too: A winged reusable space plane that works as a second stage too, top of the NG booster...

The Shuttle Orbiter does fit on top pretty well.

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I know it's probably a capsule with regular second stage, but what would look cool too: A winged reusable space plane that works as a second stage too, top of the NG booster...

The Shuttle Orbiter does fit on top pretty well.

Graphic seems to check out so... ship it?  :-X

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I know it's probably a capsule with regular second stage, but what would look cool too: A winged reusable space plane that works as a second stage too, top of the NG booster...

The Shuttle Orbiter does fit on top pretty well.

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I know it's probably a capsule with regular second stage, but what would look cool too: A winged reusable space plane that works as a second stage too, top of the NG booster...

The Shuttle Orbiter does fit on top pretty well.



You're missing the hole for the wind-up key..
Does this look better?
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Here are the Blue Origin videos as posted on You Tube:





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Weren’t there concepts of a biconic crewed spacecraft in the earlier days of Blue Origin?
Yes.
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Re-read the NASA Marshall Earth Orbit Rendezvous (EOR) designs from 60 years ago.

1. Saturn C-3 was planned launch vehicle, in that time period (1961)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_C-3

2. New Glenn matches the Saturn C-3 payload capacity (with partial reusability)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Glenn

3. Human Landing System (Altair) National Team (Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper)
could use New Glenn to launch their lunar landing components to LEO or TLI.
https://www.blueorigin.com/blue-moon/national-team

4. IF Space Launch System (SLS) is terminated,
THEN New Glenn (maybe Vulcan) are only human-rated launchers for Lockheed’s Orion capsule.
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You can see two flare stacks in the last Blue's video.  I presume that there is one for LNG and one for Hydrogen.
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twitter.com/kyle_m_photo/status/1368213905533771781

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Blue Origin's LC-36, nothing big new, but a few smaller poles have been put up in the last month or so. #BlueOrgin #LC36

https://twitter.com/kyle_m_photo/status/1368214040363859969

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The first photo is the poles I'm referring to and second is from January 25 before they were put up

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https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1372203697984446468

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I found the transporter that I saw on the causeway a few weeks ago. It did, indeed, end up at @blueorigin

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https://twitter.com/tgmetsfan98/status/1378077522898866176

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Blue Origin's expansive Launch Complex 36 will now not host a New Glenn launch until at least Q4 2022.

Joseph Navin (@josephanavin) and Lee Kanayama (@Falcon_1e) have an extensive history of LC-36 and the current status of Blue Origin's preparation work:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/04/blue-origin-complex-progress-new-glenn/

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Blue Origin Continues to Make Launch Complex Progress for the Eventual Debut of New Glenn
written by Joseph Navin & Lee Kanayama April 2, 2021

The debut of Blue Origin’s orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, has been delayed until no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2022. In advance of pathfinder operations later this year, the company has continued to make progress at Launch Complex 36 and Launch Complex 11, two historic facilities which will support the New Glenn program.

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Let's get some terms right.  FSS is a shuttle term not applicable to other vehicles.
LC-36 has two lightning towers.  One of them may be used for crew access/umbilicals.  It is not the other way around.

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Do Blue Origin have any provisions in their plan for LC-36 to possibly support vertical integration?
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Do Blue Origin have any provisions in their plan for LC-36 to possibly support vertical integration?

That would be useful for them, because a limit of F9 is that doesn't support vertical integration. I that may preclude some payloads, such some military ones. 
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Do Blue Origin have any provisions in their plan for LC-36 to possibly support vertical integration?

That would be useful for them, because a limit of F9 is that doesn't support vertical integration. I that may preclude some payloads, such some military ones.
By the time Blue flies, F9/FH will support VI, at least on the east coast.
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twitter.com/kyle_m_photo/status/1368213905533771781

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Blue Origin's LC-36, nothing big new, but a few smaller poles have been put up in the last month or so. #BlueOrgin #LC36

https://twitter.com/kyle_m_photo/status/1368214040363859969

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The first photo is the poles I'm referring to and second is from January 25 before they were put up

Why do they use two flare towers? Are there problems with piping both vents of CH4 and H2 to the same flare tower?
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