「新格伦」火箭首飞入轨：蓝色起源首次尝试即进入预定轨道
2025年1月16日美东时间凌晨2时03分（0703 UTC），蓝色起源「新格伦」（New Glenn）重型运载火箭在佛罗里达州布里瓦德县卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地36号发射场点火升空，执行首次任务 NG-1，七台 BE-4 发动机点火。
二级经两台 BE-3U 发动机两次点火进入最终轨道，所载 Blue Ring Pathfinder 接收数据、运行良好。助推器在下降过程中丢失，回收未成。
公司称，新格伦安全到达预定轨道、实现首要目标，系首次尝试即入轨。
首席执行官 Dave Limp 说：「我为新格伦首次尝试就实现入轨感到无比自豪。」他表示，一级助推器（昵称 So You're Telling Me There's a Chance）首次尝试着陆回收本就是雄心勃勃的目标，公司将总结经验，在春季下一次发射时再试。
新格伦高级副总裁 Jarrett Jones 称，今天标志着蓝色起源与商业航天的新时代。
该火箭正接受美国太空军国家安全太空发射（NSSL）计划认证。已公布客户包括 NASA、亚马逊 Project Kuiper、AST SpaceMobile 与多家电信运营商。后续任务将以该火箭把 Blue Moon Mark 1 货运着陆器与 Mark 2 载人着陆器送往月球，属 NASA 阿尔忒弥斯计划。
关联：星舰第七次试飞：超重型助推器第二次被发射塔捕获、飞船升空约八分半后失联解体
（来源：蓝色起源）
New Glenn Reaches Orbit on Its First Flight
On January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. Eastern time (0703 UTC), Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift launch vehicle lifted off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida, on its first mission, NG-1, with its seven BE-4 engines igniting.
The second stage, powered by two BE-3U engines firing twice, reached its final orbit. The Blue Ring Pathfinder it carried received data and performed well. The booster was lost during descent, and recovery was not achieved.
The company said New Glenn had safely reached its intended orbit and achieved its primary objective, reaching orbit on the first attempt.
Chief executive Dave Limp said he was immensely proud that New Glenn had achieved orbit on its first attempt. He said a first-attempt landing recovery of the first-stage booster, nicknamed So You're Telling Me There's a Chance, had itself been an ambitious goal, and that the company would learn from the experience and try again on the next launch in the spring.
Jarrett Jones, senior vice president for New Glenn, said the day marked a new era for Blue Origin and for commercial spaceflight.
The rocket is undergoing certification for the U.S. Space Force's National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. Announced customers include NASA, Amazon's Project Kuiper, AST SpaceMobile and several telecommunications operators. Later missions will use the rocket to send the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and the Mark 2 crewed lander to the Moon under NASA's Artemis program.
(Source: Blue Origin)
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图片来源：图：2025年1月16日，「新格伦」火箭自佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角太空军站36号发射场首飞升空。（美国太空军照片，Samuel Becker 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Photo: The New Glenn rocket lifts off on its first flight from Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on January 16, 2025. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Becker, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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