everyone gets unlimited mulligans in rocketry
that said BO needs to set their launch windows in daylight until they have 3 or 4 launches under their belt
one would think they would prefer daylight for maximum visibility of the stack in the event of an anomaly
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https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-ng-1-mission
News | Jan 13, 2025
New Glenn NG-1 Mission Updates
We’re standing down on today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window. We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt.
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After a string of chronological changes to the target liftoff time, Blue Origin crews scrubbed Monday's early morning maiden launch attempt of the 321-foot New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
"We’re standing down on today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window. We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt," Blue Origin officials announced in a 3:09 a.m. EST tweet.
No further details were released. Now, space fans — ranging from hardy spectators who packed Jetty Park to New Glenn webcast viewers around the world — await a new target launch time and date from the private space company.
Blue Origin officials released few details during the initial New Glenn launch try. After announcing that propellant loading was proceeding at 8 p.m. Sunday, a subsequent string of Monday morning tweets notified the public of liftoff target times of 1:31, 1:52, 2:07, 2:27, 2:48 and 3:15 a.m. before the scrub was announced.
Among the key hopes of the Blue Origin team is to land the booster on this first attempt. Per a Blue Origin NG-1 mission timeline, the New Glenn first-stage booster should land atop the drone ship Jacklyn hundreds of miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 9 minutes, 28 seconds after liftoff.
"We want to be clear about our objectives. This is our first flight and we’ve prepared rigorously for it. But no amount of ground testing or mission simulations is a replacement for flying this rocket. Our key objective today is to reach orbit safely. Anything beyond that is icing on the cake," a Blue Origin tweet said.
"We know landing the booster on our first try offshore in the Atlantic is ambitious — but we’re going for it. No matter what happens, we’ll learn, refine, and apply that knowledge to our next launch," the tweet said.
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in addition to the vehicle issue(s) whatever they are, the streamcast was odd.... the BO site video was fed to Nasa Spaceflight, however the countdown clock was out of synch by as much as 30 minutes.... and yet the graphics in the NSF stream were exactly the same as the BO "source" video.... BO was adding time to the clock in the NSF feed but not in the feed on the BO site.... very strange, and definitely not ready for primetime