AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Launch vehicle | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Autonomous | ||
| Engine type | Rocket | ||
| Application | Experimental | ||
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Family of two-stage heavy-lift launch vehicles with reusable first stage (capable of 25 flights) whereby post lift-off and seperation, the first stage autonomously descends to a landing platform leaving the second stage engines to ignite and propel the payload into space, then the fairing separates and the payload is delivered into orbit.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Blue Origin New Glenn 7×2 | 2015 / 2025 | 322- ft tall heavy-lift launch vehicle with seven methalox BE-4 engines on the first stage, two hydrolox BE-3U engines on the second stage. | |
| Blue Origin New Glenn 9x4 | 2025 / | Super-heavy lift variant with nine BE-4 engines on the first stage, four BE-3U engines on the second stage, and nearly 400 ft tall. |
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