Blue Origin, which was established in 2000 by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has been developing New Glenn for about a decade. The 320-foot-tall (98 meters) rocket sports a reusable first stage and can deliver about 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO).

Blue Origin got its license, the payload is secure and now it has a target launch window to try and send up its New Glenn rocket for the first time.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin will launch its first orbital rocket "no earlier than Friday", it said, a pivotal moment in the commercial space race currently dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Blue Origin's New Glenn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Blue Origin Image) Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture says it's

Like SpaceX, Blue Origin is going to attempt to land the first-stage of its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin's equivalent of SpaceX's drone ship is a landing platform known as Jacklyn, which was named for founder Jeff Bezos' mother.

Blue Origins first vehicle bound for low-earth orbit, the New Glenn rocket, is expected to launch in January. FOX 35's Esther Bower learns more about this expected launch and maiden voyage.

The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch the vehicle to orbit.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin is poised to launch its first orbital rocket next week, marking a pivotal moment in the commercial space race currently dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, is preparing for a landmark moment in its journey into the orbital launch market. Its first orbital rocket, New Glenn, is set to launch as early as Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida,