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The first hotfire-tested Blue Origin BE-4 rocket engine, serial number 103, at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 2018, showing the liquid methane inlet side of the engine. The New Glenn is a 7 m (23 ft) diameter two-stage orbital launch vehicle with a reusable first stage [14] and an expendable second stage. [35]
Currently a greenfield, it is leased to Blue Origin as part of their plans to have a Western Range site for their New Glenn launch vehicle, joining Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral. [1] The origins of the pad were first seen in 2023, when Blue Origin looked into leasing the nearby Space Launch Complex 6 for New Glenn, [ 2 ] but the site was ...
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off from the company's launch site in West Texas on March 31, 2022. The mission carried five paying passengers and Gary Lai, New Shepard's chief architect ...
In 2015, Blue Origin leased LC-36 with the goal of developing a new launch site for its orbital rockets. The company has been working on the New Glenn launch vehicle since 2012 and it is expected to first launch from LC-36 in November 2024. Prior to Blue Origin's lease, LC-36 featured two launch pads, 36A and 36B.
The company's BE-4 engine successfully completed a hot-fire test. The engine was fired at 50 percent power for three seconds, according to Ars Technica. Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine ...
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is headed to space after being given the green light from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA on Friday issued Blue Origin a Part 450 ...
Blue Engine 2, or BE-2, was a pump-fed bipropellant engine burning kerosene and peroxide which produced 140 kN (31,000 lbf) of thrust. [ 136 ] [ 137 ] Five BE-2 engines powered the company's PM-2 development vehicle on two test flights in 2011.
Blue Origin: New Shepard: Active 1st LH 2 / LOX: Combustion tap-off: 490,000 [2] BE-3U USA: Blue Origin: New Glenn: Development 2nd LH 2 / LOX: Expander, open: 445 [3] 765,000 [3] BE-4 USA: Blue Origin: New Glenn, Vulcan: Active [4] 1st CH 4 / LOX: Staged, oxidizer-rich: 340 [3] 2,400,000 [5] [6] 138 [3] BE-7 USA: Blue Origin: Blue Moon ...