# Blue Origin plans new Florida launch pads to raise New Glenn flight rate

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/blue-origin-plans-new-florida-launch-pads-to-raise-new-glenn-flight-rate-e62af3e2
Date: 16 Oct 2026
About: [Blue Origin](https://technooptimist.io/companies/blue-origin.md) · [New Glenn](https://technooptimist.io/spaceflight/new-glenn.md)
Original source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/16/blue-origin-to-add-new-florida-launch-pads-seeks-aggressive-increase-in-new-glenn-flight-rate/

Blue Origin says it will add new launch pads on Florida's Space Coast, modeled on its Launch Complex 36 site, to support a much higher New Glenn flight rate. The company's long-term goal is multiple flights per week by the end of the decade, but the pad locations are undisclosed and the faster cadence still needs FAA approval.

## Key facts

- LC-36A is being rebuilt after a May test-fire explosion and serves the New Glenn 7×2; LC-36B, under construction, will support the 9×4 variant.
- The FAA is taking comment on a request to raise LC-36A from 12 permitted flights to 50; a virtual hearing is set for October 22 and comments close October 30.
- A $330 million expansion at Rocket Park is expected to be complete by summer 2027 and could produce up to 150 upper stages per year.
- Founder Jeff Bezos said Blue Origin still aims to fly the 7×2 again before the end of 2026; that date is an aim, not a confirmed schedule.

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