After its rocket explosion, Blue Origin wants to complete repairs and put another New Glenn on the launchpad before the end of 2026, according to CEO Dave Limp. That's very ambitious.

Hours after a Blue Origin rocket blew up on a Florida launch pad last month, a SpaceX rocket lofted a military payload from a nearby site—neatly illustrating concerns about whether the commercial launch industry can actually add providers quickly enough to match the Pentagon’s accelerating demands.

SpaceX has already sent 66 Falcon rockets skyward in 2026, putting the company on pace for roughly 145 missions this year, or about one launch every two and a half days. That rate would shatter the company’s own annual record and test the limits of federal environmental approvals that cap individual launch pads at far

Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon "Leo" internet satellites into orbit.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad.

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launch pad Thursday night after experiencing what the company called an "anomaly."