Blue Origin is seeking authorization to increase its annual rocket launches from Cape Canaveral from 12 to 50 as part of a broader infrastructure expansion that includes a $330 million manufacturing project, additional launch facilities and expanded reusable rocket operations.
The aerospace company has invested more than $3 billion in Florida facilities and infrastructure, employing more than 5,000 workers and partnering with approximately 500 suppliers statewide. Its manufacturing and operational footprint has more than doubled in recent years, encompassing more than 20 sites across Brevard and Orange counties.
At its 1.37-million-square-foot Rocket Park campus near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Blue Origin is undertaking a $330 million expansion to support production of the New Glenn rocket’s 9×4 upper stage.
The facility, scheduled for completion in summer 2027, is expected to support annual production of up to 150 upper stages.
The company is also constructing a customer integration facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in partnership with the U.S. Space Force. The facility will accommodate multiple payloads simultaneously, including those for national security missions.
At Launch Complex 36, Blue Origin is restoring its existing launch pad following an anomaly earlier this year while constructing a second pad to support New Glenn operations. The company has filed an Environmental Assessment requesting authorization to increase launches from 12 to 50 annually and plans to develop additional pads along the Space Coast.
Blue Origin is also expanding its reusable rocket recovery capabilities, developing two additional ocean landing platforms to complement its existing platform at Port Canaveral.
According to Ian Richardson, the company’s senior vice president of operations, the investments are intended to establish the manufacturing, launch and refurbishment capacity necessary to support multiple rocket launches per week by the end of the decade.
