Blue Origin Adds Florida Pads for New Glenn

Cape Canaveral, FL — October 16, 2026 — Blue Origin announced a major expansion of its Florida launch infrastructure, aiming to support a much higher New Glenn flight rate from the Space Coast after rebuilding from a May pad accident.

What’s Coming to the Cape

• Two additional launch pads beyond LC-36A (rebuild) and LC-36B (under construction for the larger New Glenn 9×4)
• A $330 million Rocket Park expansion targeting summer 2027 completion, sized to produce up to 150 New Glenn upper stages a year
• New vertical integration and customer payload facilities with the U.S. Space Force
• Plans for additional landing vessels at Port Canaveral to recover reusable boosters

Ian Richardson, Blue Origin senior vice president of operations, said the Florida buildout is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade. The company has also asked the FAA to raise the permitted annual launch rate at LC-36 from 12 toward 50.

Blue Origin has invested more than $3 billion across Brevard and Orange County sites and employs thousands on the Space Coast — a major tourism and jobs story for Florida visitors watching the Cape skyline grow.

Florida Space Tourism Network — Space Coast infrastructure update.