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In January 2016, Blue Origin indicated that the new rocket would be many times larger than New Shepard even though it would be the smallest of the family of Blue Origin orbital vehicles. [11] Blue Origin publicly released the high-level design of the vehicle and announced the name New Glenn—with both two-stage and three-stage variants planned ...
Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, New Glenn is a 320-foot heavy-lift launch vehicle that rivals SpaceX's 400-foot Starship in size. Its first stage, powered by seven Blue ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is preparing for the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket from Florida early on Monday, nearing a pivotal debut in Earth orbit that will mark a major step towards a ...
Blue Origin formally announced the development of New Glenn — which aims to outpower SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets and haul spacecraft up to 45 metric tons (99,200 pounds) to orbit — in 2016.
Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rivals SpaceX's 400-foot Starship in size. Its first stage, powered by seven Blue Origin engines known as BE-4, is designed ...
Thirty stories tall with a reusable first stage, New Glenn launched at 2:03 a.m. ET (0703 GMT) from Blue Origin's launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, its seven BE-4 engines ...
New Glenn United States: Blue Origin: 98 m 45,000 [148] 13,000 [148] N/A Partially reusable: 1 [149] CCSFS. VSFB. 2025 2025 Vulcan Centaur VC2
The roughly 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn is not only the first Blue Origin rocket designed to be capable of hauling satellites to space, it’s also among the most powerful in the world.