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Blue Origin New Glenn

Lift typeLaunch vehicle
Construction typeFactory-built
Control typeAutonomous
Engine typeRocket
ApplicationExperimental
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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.

Type variants

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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