Landing Platform Vessel 1

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NameLanding Platform Vessel 1
Owner Blue Origin
Port of registry Port Canaveral, Florida [1]
Laid down21 February 2023 [2]
Launched31 January 2024 [2]
Completed8 August 2024 [1]
In service2025
Identification IMO number:  9998676
General characteristics
Type Floating landing platform
Tonnage13,818  GT
Length115.9 m (380 ft) [2]
Beam45.72 m (150.0 ft) [2]
Depth6.706 m (22.00 ft)
Landing history
StatusActive
First landing
(Blue Ring Pathfinder)
Last landing
(ESCAPADE (2 spacecraft) and a payload from Viasat)
Associated
rockets		 New Glenn

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 entered service in January 2025 for the New Glenn launch vehicle. [3] [4]

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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 Origin scrapped it.

On 13th November 2025, New Glenn booster, GS1-SN002 (Never Tell Me The Odds) successfully landed on Jacklyn, during the second flight of the rocket, carrying two ESCAPADE satelites and a ViaSat payload.

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. [5] Before being named LPV1, it carried the yard identification Damen Mangalia 522520. [6] After brief sea trials, the vessel departed Brest for Florida in August 2024. As of June 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, [1] [7] 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. [8] 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. [1]

Landing attempts

1
2
'25
'26
  •   Drone-ship failure
  •   Drone-ship success
  •   No attempt

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    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 Cornwell, Gav. "Jacklyn (Landing Platform Vessel #1) – Blue Origin". space-offshore.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
    2. 1 2 3 4 Cornwall, Gav [@SpaceOffshore] (30 May 2024). "Published stats from the American Bureau of Shipping (No guarantee these are accurate) Length Overall: 380ft / 115.9m Breadth Molded: 150ft / 45.72m Depth Molded: 22ft / 6.706m 10-Jan-2023 - Steel Cutting Date 21-Feb-2023 - Keel Laying Date 31-Jan-2024 - Launch Date" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 September 2024– via Twitter.
    3. ↑ Maritime, Baird (11 December 2024). "VESSEL REVIEW | Landing Platform Vessel 1 – Booster recovery platform to support Blue Origin's commercial spaceflight programs". Baird Maritime / Work Boat World. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
    4. ↑ Stranger, Harry (15 January 2025). "Blue Origin launches New Glenn on flight NG-1 and makes orbit". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
    5. ↑ "Landing Platform Vessel 1, future landing platform for New Glenn, to be based at Port Canaveral, Florida was towed thru Bosphorus en route from Damen's Mangalia shipyard towards Med".
    6. ↑ "LPV-1, Rocket Launch Support Ship, IMO 9998676" . Retrieved 4 September 2024.
    7. ↑ "LANDING PLATFORM VESSEL 1, IMO 9998676 – Ship info, Owner, Manager, ISM, Classification Society, contacts | Marine Vessel Traffic". www.marinevesseltraffic.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
    8. ↑ @blueorigin (2 September 2024). "Jacklyn, our #NewGlenn landing vessel, is arriving very soon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    9. ↑ "Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload Ready for Launch; Blue Origin's New Glenn on Track for This Year". Blue Origin. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
    10. ↑ Stranger, Harry (15 January 2025). "Blue Origin launches New Glenn on flight NG-1 and makes orbit". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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