CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – Blue Origin announced the launch date for New Glenn’s third mission, slated to launch no earlier than Sunday, April 19, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The two-hour launch window will be open from 6:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. EDT / 10:45 – 12:45 UTC.

The rocket will fly in a southeasterly trajectory

Live launch coverage on BlueOrigin.com will start 30 minutes prior to launch.

Enjoy our photos by Ken Kremer and Jean Wright for Space UpClose

The mission will carry AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to low Earth orbit. BlueBird 7 will expand direct-to-smartphone broadband network capacity and help enable initial service rollout in 2026.

This mission will feature the return of New Glenn’s first-stage booster, Never Tell Me The Odds, which successfully launched on Nov. 13, 2025

It successfully landed on the program’s second mission last November on the Jacklyn droneship.

The path to launch was cleared following a successful static fire test of all 7 first stage BE-4 engines for about 20 seconds on April 16 at 745 am ET

CEO Dave Limp announced that although the first stage core is recycled that all 7 engines have been replaced with new BE-4 engines

“With our first refurbished booster we elected to replace all seven engines and test out a few upgrades including a thermal protection system on one of the engine nozzles,” Limp posted on twitter on April 13. “We plan to use the engines we flew for NG-2 on future flights.”

Blue Origin is only the 2^nd company to demonstrate landing and reusability of orbit class rockets

The are designing New Glenn first stage to fly and be reused up to 25 times

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