This follows a previous launch attempt on November 9th.

Scheduled for UTC 2025-11-13 20:45
Scheduled for (local) 2025-11-13 15:45 (EST)
Launch site LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Launch provider Blue Origin
Launch vehicle New Glenn (GS1-SN002)
Landing Jacklyn droneship
Payload ESCAPADE
Mission success criteria Successful delivery of ESCAPADE into Heliocentric Orbit
Bonus goal Landing of booster on droneship

Livestreams

Stream Link
Blue Origin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecfxcTEl-1I
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sT4Hr-Il30
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iheyXgtG7EI
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLUt61Y-STA
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RYRnbgFzIM
Everyday Astronaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Fi-0lqjcc

Stats

  • 2nd New Glenn mission
  • 2nd orbital launch attempt for Blue Origin
  • 10th Blue Origin launch of 2025, 38th launch overall

Mission info

ESCAPADE (Blue & Gold, SIMPLEx 4)

The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) are a dual-spacecraft mission to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars. The science goals of the mission are to: understand the processes controlling the structure of Mars’ hybrid magnetosphere and how it guides ion flows; understand how energy and momentum are transported from the solar wind through Mars’ magnetosphere; and understand the processes controlling the flow of energy and matter into and out of the collisional atmosphere. EscaPADE is part of the NASA Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program.

There are three science experiments onboard each spacecraft, EMAG, EESA, and ELP. EMAG is a magnetometer measuring DC magnetic fields up to 1000 nT, mounted at the end and part way up the boom. EESA is an electrostatic analyzer that measures suprathermal ions from 2 eV to 20 keV and suprathermal electrons from 3 eV to 10 keV. It is mounted on the upper deck of the spacecraft bus. ELP is a Langmuir probe measuring plasma density from 20 - 30,000 particles per cubic cm and solar EUV flux from 5 - 20 milliwatts per square meter and is mounted on the boom and on the spacecraft bus.

Previous mission (NS-36) | Next mission (TBD)

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