Capital, finance and authority

Project Horizon

Blue Origin's announced $600 million expansion of the Rocket Park campus, an estimated 830,000 square foot New Glenn upper stage manufacturing facility supporting 500 jobs at an average salary above $98,000, using the Spaceport Improvement Program [SFBO26][EOG26][MDIVE][SPOK].

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Entity type: announced private manufacturing project
Kind: program
Lane: Capital, finance and authority
Place: Cape Canaveral, Brevard County
Hub region: Space Coast
Founding year: 2026
Florida space year and timeline placement: 2026 · 2026: Spaceport Improvement Program funds Project Horizon (2026)
Role: announced manufacturing expansion
Cutoff status: Announced
Status as of the cutoff: Announced 22 May 2026. No completion recorded at this release.
Entity status: announced
Project status: announced, not complete
Evidence class: announced
Confidence: High · an official source that documents the node’s specific Florida claim
Degree: 5
Betweenness: 0.0276 on the full graph · 0.0000 on the industrial relations subgraph
Sources: [SFBO26] [EOG26] [MDIVE] [SPOK]

Connections

Property, facility and development

builds ←
Blue Originannounced 22 May 2026: a $600 million, 830,000 square foot upper stage facility, 500 jobs [SFBO26]
2026

Public finance and investment

funds ←
Spaceport Improvement Programthe announced expansion leverages the program [SFBO26] [EOG26]
2026

Industrial production and service

planned to manufacture →
New Glennthe announced facility is planned to manufacture the vehicle upper stage [SFBO26] [MDIVE]
2026

Person role

spoke for ←
Rob Longspeaks for the authority at the announced expansion [SFBO26]
2026
spoke for ←
Dave Limpstates the company's Florida position at the announcement [SFBO26] [SPOK]
2026