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词条 Blue Origin landing platform ship
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  1. History

  2. Operations as a landing platform

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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  • Stena Freighter 2004–2018
  • Stena Seafreighter 2002–2004
  • RFA Sea Chieftain 1998–1999
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  • Stena Line 1997–2018 (contracted for future service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1998-1999)
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  • Societa Esercizio Cantieri, Viareggio, Italy (hull complete, 1999)[2]
  • Kraljevica Shipyard, Croatia (ship complete, 2004)[2]
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LPV, previously Stena Freighter, is a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship owned by rocket and space technology company Blue Origin, purchased in 2018 for use as a landing platform ship for its New Glenn launch vehicle booster stages. {{As of|2018|10|alt=As of late 2018|post=,}} the ship is undergoing refit to prepare for its role of landing rockets.[23][24]

When the ship is used operationally for rocket landings—no earlier than 2021, since that is when Blue Origin is planning to make the first orbital launch of the New Glenn rocket[2]—it is expected that the rocket boosters will be recovered downrange of the launch site in the Atlantic Ocean via LPV while the hydrodynamically-stabilized ship is underway. The ship stabilization technology is designed to increase the likelihood of successful rocket recovery in rough seas, as well as helping to carry out launches on schedule.[26][27]

From 2004 to 2018, the ship was used in ferry service in Europe.[2]

History

Stena Freighter was built by Societa Esercizio Cantieri of Viareggio, Italy, and Kraljevica Shipyard, Croatia, for Swedish operator Stena Line, and completed in 2004.[3]

The ship was initially laid down in February 1997 as the Stena Hispanica for the Stena Line, but on 5 May 1998 was renamed {{ship|RFA|Sea Chieftain|A97|wl=no}} after the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) contracted with Stena for a long-term charter of the vessel for freight-carrying capacity to support the Joint Rapid Reaction Force. The ship was launched just four days later on 9 May.[4]

Societa Esercizio Cantieri had fallen into financial difficulties, and the contract for the ship was cancelled in 1998 due to delays in construction. At the time, work on the hull was complete and the ship 50 percent finished. The shipyard went bankrupt in 1999, and all work on the ship ceased.[4]

In 2002, "the incomplete vessel was purchased from a bankruptcy estate at auction by Stena Line" and renamed Stena Seafreighter. After months of additional financial and performance difficulties by several shipyards in Slovenia and Croatia in 2003, she was towed to Arsenale Shipyard in Venice, and then steamed under her own power to Kraljevica Shipyard in Croatia for final completion. As a result of the delays, the ship "never sailed as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary" for the British MoD.[4] The ship was renamed Stena Freighter and delivered to Stena Line in March 2004.[4]

Stena Freighter operated on a number of ferry routes including Gothenburg–Travemünde, Gothenburg–Kiel, and the Harwich–Rotterdam (Europoort) service.[4]

Stena confirmed the sale of the vessel on 30 August 2018,[5] and in October Blue Origin, a U.S. launch service provider and space technology company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,[6] confirmed it was the purchaser.[5][7][8] The vessel sailed to Florida and arrived at Pensacola later that month to commence a refit.[9][10] In March 2017 Blue Origin had unveiled the concept of landing a rocket on a hydrodynamically-stabilized ship that was underway,[11] but did not reveal which marine vessel would be used as the landing platform until October 2018.

Operations as a landing platform

Launches of the New Glenn launch vehicle are planned to be made from Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 36, which was leased to Blue Origin in 2015.[12][8] New Glenn may also be available for space tourism flights, with priority given to customers of New Shepard suborbital flights.[13] The first stage boosters of New Glenn are intended to be reusable, and will be recovered downrange in the Atlantic Ocean via LPV. The hydrodynamically-stabilized ship increases the likelihood of successful recovery in rough seas.[11][14] Blue Origin plans to make the first orbital launch of New Glenn no earlier than 2021.[2]

See also

  • Autonomous spaceport drone ship – ship of similar role operated by SpaceX
  • List of Stena Line vessels

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {{cite ship register |register=DNV |id=19270 |shipname=LPV |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
2. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2018/blue-origin-resets-schedule-first-crew-space-2019-first-orbital-launch-2021/ |title=Blue Origin resets schedule: First crew to space in 2019, first orbital launch in 2021 |work=GeekWire |first=Alan |last=Boyle |date=10 October 2018 |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.vesseltracking.net/ship/stena-freighter-9138795 |title=Stena Freighter (IMO 9138795) - Ro-Ro Cargo Ship |work=Vessel Tracking |accessdate=24 November 2018}}
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web |url=http://www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-sea-chieftain-ships-details |title=Historical RFA : RFA Sea Chieftain |website=HistoricalRFA.org |publisher=Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
5. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.niferry.co.uk/stena-confirm-the-sale-of-stena-carrier-and-stena-freighter-to-unknown-buyers/ |title=Stena confirm the sale of Stena Carrier and Stena Freighter by Stena RoRo to unknown buyers |work=NI Ferry Site |date=30 August 2018 |accessdate=17 December 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.portfolio.com/resources/executive-profiles/Jeffrey-P-Bezos-1984 |title=Top Executive Profiles – Jeffrey P. Bezos |publisher=Portfolio.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204204126/http://www.portfolio.com/resources/executive-profiles/Jeffrey-P-Bezos-1984 |archivedate=4 February 2009 |deadurl=yes}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-has-bought-landing-ship-new-glenn-rocket-2684724 |title=Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Has Bought Landing Ship For New Glenn Rocket |work=International Business Times |first=Himanshu |last=Goenka |date=26 May 2018 |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
8. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2016/jeff-bezos-lifts-curtain-blue-origin-rocket-factory-vision-space/ |title=Jeff Bezos lifts curtain on Blue Origin rocket factory, lays out grand plan for space travel that spans hundreds of years |work=GeekWire |first=Alan |last=Boyle |date=8 March 2016 |accessdate=11 March 2016}}
9. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2018/10/24/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-rocket-landing-ship-docked-pensacola-port/1739488002/ |title=Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin ship to be used for rocket landings docked at Port of Pensacola |work=Pensacola News Journal |first=Jim |last=Little |date=24 October 2018 |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
10. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/space/go-for-launch/os-ae-blue-origin-new-glenn-cargo-ship-20181024-story.html |title=Cargo ship for Blue Origin's New Glenn launches arrives to Florida |work=Orlando Sentinel |first=Richard |last=Tribou |date=24 October 2018 |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
11. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/07/blue-origin-reveals-the-new-glenn-takeoff-and-landing-sequence-in-new-video/ |title=Blue Origin reveals the 'New Glenn' takeoff and landing sequence in new video |work=TechCrunch |first=Matt |last=Burns |date=7 March 2017 |accessdate=26 November 2018}}
12. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/09/blue-origin-new-glenn-orbital-lv |title=Blue Origin introduce the New Glenn orbital LV |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |last=Bergin |first=Chris |date=12 September 2016 |accessdate=24 November 2018}}
13. ^{{cite news |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/10/blue-origin-just-validated-the-new-space-movement |title=Blue Origin just validated the new space movement |work=Ars Technica |first=Eric |last=Berger |date=6 October 2016 |accessdate=24 November 2018}}
14. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/new-shepard-blue-origin-billion-new-glenn/ |title=Building on New Shepard, Blue Origin to pump a billion dollars into New Glenn readiness |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |last=Burghardt |first=Thomas |date=20 September 2018 |accessdate=24 November 2018}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTEhohh6eYk "Introducing New Glenn"] at Youtube.com by Blue Origin, 7 March 2017. Landing sequence on ship starts at 0:54.
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