Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats

Blue Origin's New Glenn is slated to launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE "Blue" and "Gold" twin smallsats — the first dual‑satellite mission to another planet. A successful Oct. 30 static fire of New Glenn's seven BE‑4 engines cleared a key prelaunch check.

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  • Operational milestone: New Glenn's second flight, targeted for Nov. 9, will deploy NASA's ESCAPADE "Blue" and "Gold" smallsats — the first dual‑satellite mission to another planet — after a successful 40‑second pad hot fire of the vehicle's seven BE‑4 engines (pad hot fire).

  • Program and market implications: the mission demonstrates New Glenn's move from suborbital/EO payloads toward interplanetary missions after rolling the booster to Cape Canaveral for final processing (rolled to Cape Canaveral), follows earlier schedule shifts (previous delay) and complements Blue Origin's broader Mars activity, including its pitched Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO proposal).

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