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New Shepard | NS-33

Mission

NS-33

Type:

Tourism

Orbit:

Suborbital

NS-33 is the 13th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 33rd in its history.

Status

To Be Confirmed

Awaiting official confirmation - current date is known with some certainty.

Pad

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West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch

USA

Latitude: 31.422878

longitude: -104.757121

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Location

Timezone:

America/Chicago

Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.

Location total Launch count:

32

Location total Landing count:

32

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Rocket

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New Shepard

The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.

Details

Min stage: 1

Max stage: 1m

Length: 15.0m

Diameter: 3.7

First Flight: April 29, 2015

Total launch count: 32

Successful launches: 31

Failed launches: 1

Consecutive successful launches: 9

Apogee: 100km

Attempted landings: 32

Successful landings: 30

Failed landings: 2

Consecutive successful landings: 9

Manufacturer

Blue Origin

Type:

Commercial

USA

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

Founding year:

2000

Administrator:

CEO: Jeff Bezos

Launchers:

New Shepard | New Glenn

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Agency

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Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

USA

Type: Commercial

Details

Administrator:

CEO: Jeff Bezos

Founding year:

2000

Launchers:

New Shepard | New Glenn

Total launch count: 33

Successful launches: 32

Consecutive successful launches: 10

Failed launches: 1

Pending launches: 4

Successful landings: 30

Failed landings: 3

Attempted landings: 33

Consecutive successful landings: 4

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