''Landing Platform Vessel 1'', nicknamed ''Jacklyn'', is a
barge which was manufactured for
Blue Origin
Blue Origin, LLC is an American private spaceflight, privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Am ...
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 commissioning in April 2024. Before being named LPV1, it carrried the yard identification ''Damen Mangalia 522520''.
[ ] After brief sea trials, the vessel departed Brest for Florida in August 2024. , LPV1 was planned to see its first use in October 2024, during the maiden launch of the New Glenn rocket, where it will attempt to capture and land the rocket's first stage,
but by September, the initial launch had been delayed by Blue Origin.
Blue Origin announced on 2 September 2024, that LPV1 would be nicknamed named ''Jacklyn''.
This tribute honors
Jeff Bezos's mother,
Jacklyn Bezos, whose name was previously given
to a ship that Blue Origin had considered using for landing New Glenn while the ship was
underway.
See also
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References
External links
New Glenn: The Road to Spaceat YouTube by Blue Origin, 16 January 2019. Landing sequence on ''LPV'' starts at 01:18.
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Maritime vessels related to spaceflight
Floating launch vehicle operations platform
Ships built in Romania