Blue Origin expands Florida spaceport for 150 New Glenn launches a year

Blue Origin announced Friday morning that it is expanding its Florida launch facilities with the goal of eventually flying 150 rockets a year from there, according to Ars Technica. The plan adds two more New Glenn launch pads, on top of two already under construction at Cape Canaveral.

The company is investing heavily in a new manufacturing facility that will produce up to 150 upper stages for a larger variant of the New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin also plans to procure two additional landing ships to catch and return the rocket's first stage; it currently has one, named Jacklyn.

A new customer integration facility, built in conjunction with the US Space Force, will feature four payload bays to process multiple missions at the same time. Blue Origin said the additions are part of the Florida expansion.

The planned buildout covers launch pads, manufacturing, recovery ships, and customer integration. The two existing New Glenn pads are already under construction at Cape Canaveral.