LANDING PLATFORM VESSEL 1

History
Name	Landing Platform Vessel 1
Owner	Blue Origin
Builder	Romania
Completed	April 2024
In service	2024 (planned)
Identification	IMO number: 9998676
General characteristics
Type	Floating landing platform
Tonnage	13,818 GT

Landing Platform Vessel 1 is a barge which was manufactured for Blue Origin in 2024 for use as a landing platform ship. It is meant to enter service in 2024 for the New Glenn launch vehicle.^[1]

History

LPV1 was built in Romania in 2023, it then sailed to France for final commissioning ahead of New Glenn's inaugural launch in Q4 2024.^[2]^[3] It was first spotted in Mid-2024 en route to France.^[4]

References

^ "Landing Platform Vessel 1 - Blue Origin". space-offshore.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Landing Platform Vessel 1 - Blue Origin". space-offshore.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "LANDING PLATFORM VESSEL 1, IMO 9998676 - Ship info, Owner, Manager, ISM, Classification Society, contacts | Marine Vessel Traffic". www.marinevesseltraffic.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Landing Platform Vessel 1, future landing platform for New Glenn, to be based at Port Canaveral, Florida was towed thru Bosphorus en route from Damen's Mangalia shipyard towards Med".

External links

New Glenn: The Road to Space at YouTube by Blue Origin, 16 January 2019. Landing sequence on LPV starts at 01:18.

[1] "Landing Platform Vessel 1 - Blue Origin". space-offshore.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[2] "Landing Platform Vessel 1 - Blue Origin". space-offshore.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[3] "LANDING PLATFORM VESSEL 1, IMO 9998676 - Ship info, Owner, Manager, ISM, Classification Society, contacts | Marine Vessel Traffic". www.marinevesseltraffic.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[4] "Landing Platform Vessel 1, future landing platform for New Glenn, to be based at Port Canaveral, Florida was towed thru Bosphorus en route from Damen's Mangalia shipyard towards Med".

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v t e Blue Origin
Vehicles	Charon^† Goddard^† PM2^‡ New Shepard Propulsion modules Tail 1 ^‡ Tail 2 ^† Tail 3 ^‡ Tail 4 Capsules Jules Verne ^† H.G. Wells First Step New Glenn ^* Blue Moon ^* Blue Ring ^* LPV^†
Rocket engines	BE-1 ^† BE-2 ^† BE-3 BE-4 BE-7 ^*
Notable spaceflights	NS-15 NS-16 NS-17 NS-18 NS-19 NS-20 NS-21 NS-22 NS-23^X NS-24 NS-25
Facilities	Headquarters Kent, Washington Corn Ranch Launch Complex 36 Cape Canaveral
Key people	Jeff Bezos (founder) Robert Smith (CEO) Jeffrey Ashby (chief of mission assurance) Nicholas Patrick (human integration architect)
Related	Commercial astronaut Billionaire space race Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
* – denotes unflown vehicles or engines † – denotes retired vehicles, engines, products ‡ – denotes destroyed vehicles ^X – denotes failed flight

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