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FAA Opens Comment Period to Boost Blue Origin Launches to 50

By Drooid · Oct 17, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC · How we work

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Blue Origin will add new launch pads on Florida’s Space Coast to increase New Glenn rocket flight rate.
The FAA opened a 30-day comment period to raise LC-36A flights from 12 to 50.
Blue Origin is investing $330 million in a 1.37-million-sq-ft Rocket Park to build up to 150 upper stages by summer 2027.
CEO Dave Limp announced in-house recovery and refurbishment of payload fairings for reuse.

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Blue Origin will add new launch pads on Florida’s Space Coast to increase New Glenn rocket flight rate.
The FAA opened a 30-day comment period to raise LC-36A flights from 12 to 50.
Blue Origin is investing $330 million in a 1.37-million-sq-ft Rocket Park to build up to 150 upper stages by summer 2027.
CEO Dave Limp announced in-house recovery and refurbishment of payload fairings for reuse.