Blue Origin says it's delaying the first launch of its New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions for landing the booster.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is the company's first orbital-class launch vehicle. It stands a towering 320 feet tall (98 meters). It features a reusable first stage designed to return to Earth after launch and land on a barge named Jacklyn, after Jeff Bezos ' mother, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Blue Origin hopes New Glenn will make it safely to orbit for the inaugural test flight of a rocket that could rival those in Elon Musk's SpaceX fleet.

Kent-based Blue Origin announced Thursday it was delaying the launch of the New Glenn rocket because of bad weather.

Blue Origin plans to launch the debut mission of its powerful New Glenn rocket no earlier than early Sunday (Jan. 12) after a delay, and you can watch the action live. New Glenn is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the wee hours of Sunday during a three-hour window that opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT).

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A static fire test of the New Glenn rocket, which involved unauthorized use of a deluge system, cost the company $3,250.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is headed to space after being given the green light from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA on Friday issued Blue Origin a Part 450 commercial space launch license, authorizing the first launch of its reusable rocket, New Glenn.

Jeff Bezos’ company is gearing up to launch its New Glenn rocket, kicking off a year in which the industry anticipates to grow under the Trump administration.