A successful test flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket would allow Jeff Bezos’ space venture to compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

The launch window remains the same, opening at 1 am EST (6 am UTC) and you can watch it live via Blue Origin from about an hour before liftoff. In the very early hours of January 10, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will attempt the inaugural launch of its massive orbital rocket New Glenn.

Kent-based Blue Origin announced Thursday it was delaying the launch of the New Glenn rocket because of bad weather.

John Glenn was "deeply touched" that Blue Origin named its first orbital-class rocket after him.

The Space Coast could welcome a big player to the launch landscape tonight with the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.

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

Rough weather has prompted Blue Origin to postpone the launch of its New Glenn rocket, citing choppy waters in the Atlantic Ocean, and creating potentially unsafe landing conditions for its reusable fuel booster.

Blue Origin was counting down toward the launch of its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket at 1:00 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 10), but rough weather in the Atlantic Ocean

The Space Coast could welcome a big player to the launch landscape early Sunday with the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, a two-day delay from original plans to launch early Friday. Blue Origin announced Thursday morning it was delaying because of bad weather in the Atlantic for a potential rocket booster recovery.

After rising along a due east trajectory, the white-and-blue rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard Blue Origin's drone ship Jacklyn.