{{short description|Spaceport operated by Blue Origin}} {{redirect|Launch Site One|other uses|Launch Complex 1 (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox launch pad <!--general--> | name = Launch Site One (LS1) | image = Blue Origin Spaceport Launch Site 2024.jpg | caption = Entrance to Launch Site One | location = Van Horn, Texas, United States | operator = Blue Origin | established = {{start date and age|2004}} | paddetails = {{Infobox launch pad/pad | status = Paused | launches = 41 | first_launch = 13 November 2006 | first_details = Blue Origin Goddard | last_launch = 22 January 2026 | last_details = Blue Origin NS-38 | rockets = New Shepard (active) }} {{Infobox launch pad/pad | landing = Y | status = Active | landings = 39 | first_landing = 13 November 2006 | first_landing_details = Blue Origin Goddard | last_landing = 22 January 2026 | last_landing_details = Blue Origin NS-38 | rockets = New Shepard (active) }} }}
'''Corn Ranch''', commonly referred to as '''Launch Site One''' ('''LSO'''{{dubious|date=November 2025}}{{cite needed|date=November 2025}}), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately {{convert|30|mi}} north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.
==History== The {{convert|165,000|acre|km2|adj=on|sp=us}} plot of land was purchased by Jeff Bezos in 2004. The company uses the spaceport for testing and launch services for its New Shepard rocket. The launch site has a sub-orbital launch pad and also has a number of rocket engine test stands. The engine test cells are at the site to support the hydrolox, methalox and storable propellant engines that are used. There are three test cells for testing the methalox BE-4 engine, two of which support full-thrust and full-duration burns, and one that supports short-duration, high-pressure preburner tests. The spaceport also includes a vehicle processing facility and an astronaut training facility.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fly to Space |url=https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/fly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514191229/https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/fly |archive-date=2024-05-14 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Blue Origin}}</ref>
The company's first human spaceflight launched from Launch Site One (LS1) on July 20, 2021. The flight, dubbed NS-16, carried its founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, test pilot and Mercury 13 member Wally Funk, and Dutchman Oliver Daemen on a suborbital flight aboard New Shepard 4.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roulette |first=Joey |date=2021-07-20 |title=Blue Origin successfully sends Jeff Bezos and three others to space and back |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/20/22582735/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-space-launch-landing |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref>
== FAA launch license information ==
Current launch license and experimental permits from the US government Federal Aviation Administration authorize flights of New Shepard rockets.<ref name=":0">{{cite report |title=Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Blue Origin West Texas Launch Site |date=February 2014 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |number=HQ-14-0001 |url=http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10685.0;attach=821473 |accessdate=3 May 2015 }}</ref> The site became active on November 13, 2006 with the goal of providing commercial tourist flights to space.<ref>{{cite news|title=Space Dreams Boost Tiny Town|url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7151863|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200924004041/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7151863|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 24, 2020|newspaper=MSNBC}}</ref>
== Location ==
The launch pad is located at {{coord |31.422927|N|104.757152|W|}}, about {{Cvt|1.8|mi}} north of the check-out building. The landing pad is located at {{coord |31.4517|N|104.7628|W|}}, about {{Cvt|3.8|mi}} north of a check-out building and {{Cvt|2|mi}} north of the launch pad.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=August 2006 |title=Final Environmental Assessment for the Blue Origin West Texas Commercial Launch Site |url=https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/20060829_blue_origin_ea_signed.pdf |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=faa.gov |format=pdf}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}{{Blue Origin}}
Category:Spaceports in the United States Category:Buildings and structures in Culberson County, Texas Category:Blue Origin facilities