Blue Origin Plans Two More Florida Pads to Expand New Glenn Capacity

Blue Origin plans two additional launch pads for its New Glenn rocket in Florida, alongside new production, recovery and payload-processing facilities intended to enable several New Glenn missions each week before the decade ends.

The pads would be added at Cape Canaveral, where two others are already under construction. Blue Origin plans to use the same design and construction approach demonstrated at Launch Complex 36B to site and build the new pads.

The expansion also includes a manufacturing facility designed to produce as many as 150 upper stages for a larger New Glenn variant. The company plans to add two landing ships to recover the rocket’s first stage, expanding a fleet that currently includes one ship.

A customer integration facility planned in conjunction with the U.S. Space Force would have four payload bays. The bays are intended to let teams prepare several missions at the same time.

The larger 9x4 New Glenn variant has nine first-stage engines, compared with seven on the 7x2 version. It is designed to carry 70 metric tons to low-Earth orbit and more than 20 tons to trans-lunar injection.

The Florida plans add detail to Blue Origin’s broader launch expansion. The company has invested about $3 billion in Florida facilities and infrastructure. Its footprint spans more than 20 sites across Brevard and Orange counties, with more than 5,000 employees and 500 suppliers in the state.

Blue Origin’s stated goal for the planned infrastructure is to support multiple New Glenn flights each week by the end of the decade.