New Glenn | EscaPADE
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📝 Mission Description
This New Glenn launch carries the New Glenn | EscaPADE mission, scheduled for November 13, 2025. The mission aims to deliver important payloads to orbit, contributing to our understanding of space and advancing technological capabilities.
ℹ️ Official Details
Second flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission from University of California, Berkeley to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars. The spacecrafts' scientific goals 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.
🎯 Post-Launch Analysis
Post-Launch Analysis: New Glenn | EscaPADE Mission (November 13, 2025)
The second flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle achieved a flawless mission execution on November 13, 2025, successfully delivering the EscaPADE dual-spacecraft payload into its intended Mars transfer orbit. The rocket’s performance was exemplary, with precise stage separation, robust propulsion from the BE-4 engines, and accurate trajectory control, marking a significant validation of New Glenn’s design and operational reliability. Payload deployment occurred without anomalies, ensuring the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, developed by UC Berkeley, are well-positioned to study Mars’ hybrid magnetosphere and ion escape processes.
This mission reinforces New Glenn’s capability for interplanetary launches, providing critical engineering data on reusable first-stage recovery and upper-stage precision. Strategically, it positions Blue Origin as a formidable player in the heavy-lift market, paving the way for more complex deep-space missions and affirming confidence in cost-effective, scalable launch solutions.