New factory located in Florida. There, according to information published in Instagram Jeff Bezosa, the head of Amazon and Blue Origin, will collect heavy orbital rockets New Glenn, designed to be reusable.
The missiles will do in the new factory and the engines will continue to collect the old plant located in Alabama.
— Work on new factory is in full swing, — commented on the short video Bezos.
In the video from the height of the factory demonstrates, then the camera approaches, gradually declining, while the roof becomes visible sitting in a chair Bezos, holding a poster with the inscription “the New factory approach”.
The size of these missiles is not allowed to produce them on the existing production lines of the company, so the management Blue Origin decided to build a new factory designed for the production of New Glenn. The length of this missile is almost 82 meters, while it can deliver into a low earth orbit 45 tons and a geosynchronous transfer orbit of up to 13 tons. In addition, the rocket will be reusable and, according to developers, designed for a hundred flights.
The first flight of the New rocket Glenn is scheduled for late 2019 or beginning of 2020.
The head of Blue Origin has revealed a new factory to collect missiles
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