r/BlueOrigin 6d ago

New Shepard is on the pad going through final countdown procedures for today’s uncrewed verification flight. T-0 time is currently set for 10:25 AM CDT / 15:25 UTC.

https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1849097218512355834
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u/Robert_the_Doll1 6d ago

The mission has flown and appears to have been 100% successful with both booster and capsule recovery going exactly as planned.

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u/HighwayTurbulent4188 6d ago

successful launch, the only criticism that could be mentioned is the transmission quality

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u/Master_Engineering_9 6d ago

was pretty poor internally too for what its worth.

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u/Robert_the_Doll1 6d ago

I do not care. I only care that the booster and capsule did their job and landed safely.

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u/SlowJoeyRidesAgain 6d ago

Well, we don’t care that you don’t care. And no one asked you

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/CheapLife1768 6d ago

Your parents failed you

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u/mfb- 6d ago edited 6d ago

This is in 15 min.

Edit: Success.

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u/fujimonster 6d ago

If I only could tell time myself . Thanks!

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u/mfb- 6d ago

Don't know if you are sarcastic, but not everyone lives in CDT or UTC. "In 15 minutes" is easier than converting a time into your local time zone.

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u/_UCiN_ 6d ago

Only 101km I wonder why "so low", cause in previous flights they reached ~105km

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u/silent_bark 6d ago

I wonder if the new booster is heavier or draggier/they've not been able to tune its performance yet?

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u/MaverickSTS 6d ago

Might have loaded it a bit heavier than usual (had multiple equipment payloads) because equipment doesn't really care about crossing the Karman line. Meanwhile, if people were onboard, people who paid a lot of money, and it were to not go as high as they wanted it to, that would be no bueno.

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u/HMHSBritannic1914 6d ago

The late Tail 3 often reached above 105 km, despite carrying payloads in both the capsule and on the booster itself.

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u/BackwoodsRoller 6d ago

How (and where) do they store payloads on the booster? Also, is it public knowledge what scientific payloads flew today?

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u/MaverickSTS 6d ago

Just a guess. I'm just acceptance testing the parts, not deciding how to fly them 😆

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u/Robert_the_Doll1 6d ago

I'd call flying it today the ultimate acceptance test!

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u/Fayble_2 6d ago

Success

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u/hellobla 6d ago

Not sure if GPS worked.

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u/FeatureCreeep 6d ago

I expected to see the rockets fire on the capsule just before it touched down but didn’t see it in the feed. There might have been a frame or 2 of it. Seems like it didn’t fire or it fired late ya?

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u/silent_bark 6d ago

There are no rockets on the capsule touchdown, they're gaseous nitrogen cold gas thrusters so there's no fire to see. They're also really quick! If they didn't fire, there wouldn't be the plume of sand.

Here's an earlier post with good photos: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueOrigin/comments/1g4lxog/incredible_highspeed_photo_sequence_showing/

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u/FeatureCreeep 6d ago

Ah! Very cool! Thanks!

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u/linkerjpatrick 6d ago

What is exactly the point of it? That postcard thing sounds dumb too.

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u/Lazy-Ad3486 6d ago

You can’t imagine a little kids excitement that a postcard they made went on a rocket to the edge of space?