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United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine in September 2018 to power the ULA Vulcan rocket.
Blue Origin is testing BE-4 engines at a test site in West Texas where it also conducts New Shepard test flights.
The United States Air Force selected both Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle and ULA’s Vulcan rocket in October 2018 under its Launch Services Agreement contract.
Blue Origin announced plans in June 2017 to build a BE-4 engine factory in Huntsville contingent on United Launch Alliance selecting the engine for its Vulcan rocket.
Blue Origin will complete development of its BE-4 engine later 2019.
The Huntsville factory will build dozens of BE-4 engines per year for both ULA’s Vulcan and Blue Origin’s New Glenn vehicles.
Blue Origin is building initial versions of the BE-4 engine at its headquarters in Kent, Washington.
Blue Origin will install a new version of the BE-4 engine at its West Texas test site with plans to test to 100 percent power.
Blue Origin plans to invest over $200,000,000 in the Huntsville engine production facility.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard launched on its tenth test flight designated NS-10 on 2019-01-23.
Blue Origin intends to use future New Shepard capsules to carry people and expects the next capsule delivered from its factory in Washington state to carry people.
Blue Origin shipped a propulsion module rated for human spaceflight to its West Texas test site in late 2018.
The NS-10 mission lifted off from Blue Origin’s test site in West Texas at 10:05 a.m. Eastern.
Blue Origin postponed the NS-10 flight on 2019-01-20 for at least one day due to high winds in the forecast and one vehicle open issue.
Blue Origin initially scheduled NS-10 for 2019-01-21 from the company’s test site in West Texas.
Blue Origin rescheduled the New Shepard test flight designated NS-10 for 2019-01-22.
Blue Origin had planned to carry out the NS-10 flight on 2018-12-18 but postponed it because of an unspecified ground infrastructure issue.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a NOTAM restricting airspace around Blue Origin’s West Texas test site between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern on 2019-01-21 through 2019-01-23.
A revised FAA NOTAM reserved airspace for Blue Origin’s West Texas test site for 2019-01-22 and 2019-01-23 only.
Ariane Cornell is the head of astronaut strategy and sales at Blue Origin.