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Notes:

• Still at the dewatering phase, but construction should start soon thereafter.
• On the left side is the 2CAT with a prominent hole in its roof.
• On the right side is Building S, which will be used for payload fairings. It now has a completed roof.
• The plans from January 2025 call for a Test Processing Area 2 & 3, a Metal Forming Facility, a Hardware Integration Facility, and Tank Farm Expansion.
  • These plans are very old, so it is possible, if not likely, the layout has changed significantly.
  • We now know that "Project Horizon" will be a dedicated GS2 production facility, so these new buildings are probably not for stage production.
  • Test Processing Area Phase 2 & 3 seems likely to be used for proof testing. The existing 2CAT can only handle a single GS2 at a time, and it is unclear whether it can handle the stretched 4-engine GS2.

Link: https://x.com/davill/status/2050328439761379801

> Cool video of New Glenn’s fairing re-entry. For this flight we installed an exo-atmospheric reaction control system (RCS) in the fairing to control re-entry and enable recovery of the fairing. We’re planning a parachute recovery later this year, and the data from these fairings gives us the learnings needed to develop and refine that capability.

See previous posts on this:

• Julia Bergeron on X: GO America returned this morning with a tarped load on deck. Hopefully future missions explore reusability.
• spaceOFFSHORE on X: Blue Origin didn't mention fairing recovery or reuse efforts in the launch stream. We'll have to wait and see what happens - though we should find out soon, as the GO America has its destination set as Port Canaveral.
• spaceOFFSHORE on X: Could Blue Origin attempt to recover a New Glenn fairing half during NG-3?
• Pictures of RCS hardware

From FCC filing SAT-LOA-20260310-00118.

• Vehicle Test Manager
• Sr Manager of Vehicle Systems Engineering - MK1 Transfer Stage

See Eric Berger's article from February: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/why-is-bezos-trolling-musk-on-x-with-turtle-pics-because-he-has-a-new-moon-plan/

I posted the notice for the construction crane yesterday, this is the notice for the actual building.

9. Latitude: 28°27' 5.04" N

10. Longitude: 80°33' 42.40" W

11. Nearest State: FL County: Brevard

12. Nearest Public Use Airport: XMR

13. Distance from Airport to Structure: 6087 ft

14. Direction from Airport to Structure: 165°

15. Site Elevation (SE): 9 ft

16. Structure Height (AGL): 150 ft

17. Overall Height (AMSL): 159 ft

18. Prior ASN (if applicable):

19. Description of Location: Blue Origin CSO-PPF is located 3694' from Runway 31 of the Skid Strip, at the old LSC-18 location.

20. Description of Proposal: Blue Origin will construct a multi-user Payload Processing Facility for govt and commercial launch partners.

The title is an excerpt directly from the job posting of Technical Program Manager:

>Project Horizon is Blue Origin's most ambitious manufacturing investment — a purpose-built upper stage production facility targeting first article delivery of the GS2 Gen 2.0 upper stage and scaling to full rate production capability.

>The Technical Project Manager is the horizontal integrator for the entire Gen 2 Production Operations organization. You will report directly to the Director of Production, Gen 2 Operations and serve as the single point of accountability for program execution rhythm, cross-functional decision gate management, risk tracking, and production readiness convergence across four Senior Manager organizations: Dome-Barrel-Tank Weld-NDT, ES-ISA-Skirts-Final Assembly-Coatings, Manufacturing Engineering, and Business Operations.

This confirms that the new 800,000 sf Project Horizon facility, located in the Deep South Manufacturing Complex, will be dedicated to rate production of the newer 4-engine upper stage (Quattro). The existing high bay may be repurposed to build GS1s only in the long run (GS2 2Es as well for now).

For more info, see my post from yesterday here, which refers to a job posting that describes a target rate of 36 GS2s a year by Q3 2028, and even higher rate in 2029.

• Target manufacturing rate of 3 per month by Q3 2028 implies 36 flights a year.
• Subsequent "Rate 100" target of implies an even higher flight rate by the end of the decade.
• References "Project Horizon", the 800,000 sf manufacturing facility currently under construction.

Link: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/BlueOrigin/job/Space-Coast-FL/Sr-Manager--GS2-Quattro-Tank-Fabrication_R63612

Links:

• https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/442_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=144672&license_seq=146482
• https://apps.fcc.gov//els/GetAtt.html?id=388831&x=

File Number 0821-EX-CN-2025

Link: https://x.com/torybruno/status/2048863595623067688

The notice is for a "Blue Origin CSO-PPF Construction Crane". CSO stands for Commercial Solutions Opening, a program from the USSF. PPF stands for Payload Processing Facility. Blue Origin was awarded a $78.25M contract for this facility.

Per the notice, construction is to begin in May and is intended to be completed by Q1 2028.

Link: https://x.com/blueorigin/status/2048823361430507813

> Endurance is going through a variety of tests ahead of launch in Florida. First one complete: modal testing ✅

> We used sensors to measure how our lunar lander will respond to launch conditions. The test was performed with Endurance mounted on both the New Glenn flight Launch Vehicle Separation System (LVSS) and a GS2 payload adapter.

Link: https://permitting.sjrwmd.com/ep/#/prmtInfo?curId=&hdr=1&usrId=0&offclId=143199&seqNo=37

No indication given as to what this is for. This is a very small facility, so it may be something as trivial as an administrative building.

Obviously, all dates are pending the outcome of the mishap investigation.