Solar storms ground Blue Origin's New Glenn; NASA scraps Nov. 12 ESCAPADE launch

Severe solar storms and unacceptable space weather forced NASA and Blue Origin to scrub the Nov. 12 launch of New Glenn — a 98‑meter heavy‑lift rocket carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats. The delay pauses New Glenn’s second flight and a timeline tied to Space Force certification.

Discovered 2025-11-09T11:55:27.066528-08:00 | 2025-11-09T11:55:27.066528-08:00

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  • The scrub pauses New Glenn’s second flight — a critical demonstration for the vehicle and a milestone tied to Space Force certification — and delays deployment of NASA’s twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats (the vehicle is a 98‑meter heavy‑lift rocket). See Blue Origin’s rollout to Cape Canaveral for this mission (roll to pad).

  • Weather at the pad and now elevated space‑weather risk are directly impacting launch cadence and customer manifests; the slip follows earlier schedule changes for New Glenn and could affect heavy‑lift availability for other programs (context on the slip and schedule).

  • Rocket Lab had already delivered the ESCAPADE probes to Kennedy for integration, so the scrub shifts agency and contractor operations and milestone dates for an interplanetary mission (ESCAPADE delivery to KSC).

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