See the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket's flight profile and first stage landing in this new animation.
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Credit: Blue Origin
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00:01New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral.
00:06Seven BE-4 engines will ignite and propel the rocket upward
00:10with over 3.8 million pounds of thrust, or roughly 17,000 kilonewtons.
00:18The vehicle will quickly reach supersonic speeds as it climbs through the atmosphere.
00:25As the rocket ascends, it will encounter maximum aerodynamic pressure
00:29known as MAX-Q at around 40,000 feet, or 12 kilometers.
00:35This is the point at which the stress on the vehicle is at its highest.
00:40Around 3 minutes into the flight, the vehicle will turn off its engines,
00:43marking the end of the boost phase.
00:47Shortly after, the reusable first stage will separate and begin its journey back to Earth.
00:53Two BE-3U engines on the second stage will ignite and propel it onward into orbit with the payload.
01:00The reusable booster reorients in the vacuum of space using its reaction control system.
01:06At 220,000 feet, or 67 kilometers, it executes an exo-atmospheric deceleration burn using its center-3 engines.
01:16These engines gimbal for maximum control of the booster.
01:21This burn slows the vehicle down before re-entering the atmosphere.
01:25As it descends, the booster's strakes and fins work together to slow it down and guide it autonomously back to Earth, landing on a vessel at sea.
01:33At around 9,000 feet, or just under 3,000 meters, the first stage begins its final landing burn.
01:42The three middle engines will light for 20 seconds, slowing the vehicle in preparation for the final descent.
01:48The two outer engines will turn off, and the center engine will execute the final, controlled maneuver onto the landing platform.
01:58The vessel will return to Cape Canaveral to prepare for its next mission.
02:06Meanwhile, in space, the second stage will continue to power the payload towards its final orbit.
02:15At around 400,000 feet, or 120 kilometers, the payload fairings will jettison.
02:21New Glenn will deliver an unprecedented range of payloads.
02:26Large satellites, dual payloads, orbital vehicles, large constellation dispensers, even moon landers destined to establish permanent human presence on the moon.
02:40Once it arrives at its insertion location, the payload will separate from New Glenn's second stage.
02:46The second stage can easily maneuver to deliver any payload to any required orbit.
03:02This is New Glenn.
03:05This is how we will build a road to space.