Blue Origin plans $330 million Florida expansion for New Glenn

What happened?

1. The expansion is designed to produce up to 150 New Glenn upper stages annually and add two more launch and landing pads for the rocket, according to a company blog post
2. Blue Origin's Ian Richardson, who serves as senior vice president of operations, wrote that the infrastructure was designed to handle several flights each week by decade's end.
3. A New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad in May 2026, and Blue Origin has stated a goal of returning the rocket to flight by the end of 2026, CNBC reported
4. Blue Origin says it has invested more than $3 billion in Florida infrastructure across more than 20 sites in Brevard and Orange counties, with more than 5,000 employees

Blue Origin announced a $330 million expansion of its Rocket Park campus at Cape Canaveral, including two additional New Glenn launch and landing pads and capacity to build up to 150 upper stages a year, with completion expected in the summer of 2027. According to the company, the infrastructure has been designed so that it can support several flights weekly before the decade ends; alongside the U.S. Space Force, it is additionally constructing a facility for customer integration at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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