Updates Blue Origin announces the New Glenn Orbital Launch Vehicle

GLS said:
LC-11 is the unlabeled pad at the top, the pad labeled "LC-11" is in fact LC-36A and the leftmost pad is LC-36B.
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Thanks to point it out. Turns out the SLC-36 is the merger of the former LC-36A, LC-36B and LC-11.
 
Thunder Chicken said:
Is any of this flight hardware or is it a all ground test article? I am seeing first launch targeted for September 2024.
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It all seems a bit unclear and a frankenstein monster of mixed parts, but from NSF's latest reporting:

"From there, the stage will be integrated with an engine section and BE-4 engines that could support a static fire alongside a flight-ready interstage and possible aero surfaces. It is still unclear if this booster will fly with the same hardware it performs the static fire with, or if there will be further upgrades before the vehicle is flight-ready."

So it kinda sounds like the tank section is flight hardware but the rest may not be. I can't find it now but I remember an article a while ago with someone at Blue saying static fire in July, I think. Cutting it a bit close.
 
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