SECOND LAUNCH OF BLUE ORIGIN’S NEW GLENN (NG-2) W/NASA’S MARS ESCAPADE CUBESATS, Nov 9, 2025, CCSFS, 2:45 pm ET

Update, November 6:  Blue Origin says the launch will take place on November 9, 2025.  The company’s announcement didn’t specify the time, but other sources say the window is open from 2:45 – 5:11 pm ET.   New Glenn-2 (NG-2) will send NASA’s two ESCAPADE cubesats to Mars (see last paragraph of this thread).

Update, October 30:  Blue Origin still has not announced a launch date, but CEO Dave Limp posted a video today of New Glenn being raised into position for a hot-fire test.

As New Glenn upends on the Transporter Erector (TE), the load shifts from the horizontal support system to the vertical supports around 74 degrees. Near 89.5 degrees, we pause for a final check, then pin the TE in place using clamps on the launch table that mate to the aft launch… pic.twitter.com/blHftGdoOg

— Dave Limp (@davill) October 30, 2025

Update, October 16:  Blue Origin has not provided any further indication as to when the launch will happen. We are shifting the placeholder date to mid-November, but that’s all it is, a placeholder.

Update, September 25:  Yesterday, Tim Dunn from NASA’s Launch Services Program mentioned at the end of the webcast of the IMAP/Carruthers/SWFO-L1 launch that NASA is anticipating New Glenn — which will carry NASA’s two Escapade Mars cubesats — to launch in late October or early November. We’ve queried Blue Origin, and will update this entry when we get a reply. For now we will use October 25 merely as a placeholder.

Original Entry: Blue Origin said on August 14 that the second launch of New Glenn is No Earlier Than (NET) September 29, 2025.  NG launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), FL.

New Glenn’s second mission is NET September 29. We have been working closely with @NASA on the timeline and look forward to flying ESCAPADE to Mars. You’ll start seeing some exciting things happening at the pad down in Florida very soon.

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) August 14, 2025

The two NASA Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) Mars cubesats were supposed to launch as a rideshare on NASA’s Psyche mission. But the Psyche spacecraft wasn’t ready for its original launch window and had to wait a year. The delay meant the trajectory to its destination, the asteroid Psyche, had to change and it no longer was headed in the right direction for ESCAPADE to reach Mars. Blue Origin offered to launch ESCAPADE on the first New Glenn launch, but the date kept changing and NASA decided to forego the offer at that time. They didn’t want to proceed with fueling the spacecraft, dubbed Blue and Gold, only to have to defuel them if there were more delays since it would add cost. Apparently they are more confident about New Glenn 2.