Blue Origin Landing Platform
Blue Origin landing platform may refer to: * ''Jacklyn'' (ship) aka "LPV" and "Landing Platform Vessel", a ship purchased by Blue Origin in 2018 to use as a landing platform ship that was scrapped in 2022 * Landing Platform Vessel 1, aka "Jacklyn" and "LPV1", a barge which was manufactured for Blue Origin in 2024 for use as a landing platform for the booster stages of New Glenn New Glenn is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. Named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, design work on the vehicle began in 2012. Illustrations of the vehicle, and the high-level specifications, were initially ...

Jacklyn (ship)
''Jacklyn'', formerly known as ''LPV'', ''Stena Freighter'', ''Stena Seafreighter'', RFA ''Sea Chieftain'', and ''Stena Hispanica'', was a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship which was purchased by Blue Origin in 2018 for use as a landing platform ship. Ultimately, Blue Origin abandoned their plans to use the ship as a landing platform, and in August 2022, the ship was towed to the Port of Brownsville for scrapping. History ''Stena Freighter'' was built by Società Esercizio Cantieri of Viareggio, Italy, and completed in 2004 by Elektromehanika d.o.o. at Kraljevica Shipyard, Croatia, for Swedish operator Stena Line. The ship was initially laid down in February 1997 as ''Stena Hispanica'' for Stena Line, but on 5 May 1998 was renamed after the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) contracted with Stena for a long-term charter of the vessel for freight-carrying capacity to support the Joint Rapid Reaction Force. The ship was launched just four days later on 9 May 1998. Società ...
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Landing Platform Vessel 1
''Landing Platform Vessel 1'', nicknamed ''Jacklyn'', 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 New Glenn is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. Named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, design work on the vehicle began in 2012. Illustrations of the vehicle, and the high-level specifications, were initially ... launch vehicle. The LPV1 barge replaced the ship, also named ''Jacklyn'', that Blue Origin had purchased in 2018 and intended to use as a landing platform vessel until 2022, when Blue scrapped it. History ''Landing Platform Vessel 1'' (LPV1), is a specialized barge designed to support Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launches. It was laid down at a shipyard in Romania in February 2023 and launched in January 2024. The partially completed vessel was towed to Damen Shipyards in Brest, France for finishing works and commi ...
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