Blue Origin’s next launch now won’t happen until 2027

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Blue Origin CEO reportedly sent a memo to staff about the new timeline. | Anadolu via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Anadolu via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/gettyimages-2281421326.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Blue Origin CEO reportedly sent a memo to staff about the new timeline. | Anadolu via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Blue Origin plans to do its next New Glenn rocket launch in January 2027, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/05/blue-origin-launch-new-glenn.html">CNBC</a> and the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/39efbb7e-44a3-4a75-883b-e76ed6f9f5fd?syn-25a6b1a6=1"><em>Financial Times</em></a>, which cite a memo from CEO Dave Limp sent to staff. The new timeline follows a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/science/939677/blue-origin-explosion-nasa-leo-setback-delays">May launchpad explosion</a> that damaged Blue Origin's New Glenn launchpad ahead of a flight that would have brought Amazon Leo satellites into space.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In October, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos <a href="https://youtu.be/U8X0ExqpdJo?si=yYcDNiHxXPa2RlBb&amp;t=130">told Fox News</a> that the company was aiming for a December New Glenn launch, joking that it could be "probably December 31st." The new, revised launch window is "about 10 days later than Blue Origin's earlier launch target," CNBC reports. Limp also reportedly cite …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/science/1028178/blue-origins-next-launch-now-wont-happen-until-2027">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>