NG-3 Flight Profile

New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36. Following separation, the first stage autonomously descends toward Jacklyn, a landing platform located several hundred miles downrange in the Atlantic. Meanwhile, the two BE-3U engines ignite, propelling New Glenn’s second stage into space. The fairing separates and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite will deploy to low Earth orbit. After completion of the mission profile, the second stage will be safed and disposed via controlled ocean reentry, which is compliant with the U.S. Government’s Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices.

A diagram of New Glenn 3’s flight profile from liftoff at LC-36 through ascent, stage separation, fairing jettison, and payload separation. The booster goes through a reorient maneuver and booster landing burn, before landing on a barge named Jacklyn.
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