New Glenn Update

Re:New Glenn Update by toss1 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @04:46PM (#45998240)

Interesting that "...additional vehicle upgrades include a reusable fairing..."

I wonder how they'll be implementing that since SpaceX gave up on recapturing fairings (seemingly too soon, but only from the POV of someone with no internal info).

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Re:New Glenn Update by ceejayoz on Thursday November 20, 2025 @04:55PM (#45998355)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_fairing_recovery_progra...

> SpaceX performs some amount of cleaning and refurbishing before using the previously flown fairings on a subsequent flight. SpaceX has reflown fairing halves more than 300 times, with one being reflown for 34 times.

They gave up on catching them in nets, because it turns out they're fine splashing directly into the water.

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Re:New Glenn Update by toss1 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @09:00PM (#46000370)

Thanks for the updated info!

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Re:New Glenn Update by NetMageSCW on Friday November 21, 2025 @09:57PM (#46011667)

They actually redesigned them to be able to handle the splash down.

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Re:New Glenn Update by kanisae on Thursday November 20, 2025 @04:49PM (#45998276)

They still recover the fairings. They gave up on trying to catch them out of the air and now just let them land in the water and pick them up.

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