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In January 2016, Blue Origin announced that they intended to begin testing full engines of the BE-4 on ground test stands prior to the end of 2016. [20] Following a factory tour in March 2016, journalist Eric Berger noted that a large part of "Blue Origin's factory has been given over to development of the Blue Engine-4". [9]
This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications. Current, upcoming, and in-development rocket engines ... Blue Origin: New Glenn, Vulcan:
The BE-3 follows the earliest rocket engine development efforts at Blue Origin in the 2000s. Blue Origin's first engine was a "simple, single-propellant engine" called the BE-1 (Blue Engine 1) which used peroxide propellant and generated only 8.9 kN (2,000 lbf) of thrust, and their second, the BE-2 (Blue Engine 2) which was a bipropellant ...
In September 2018, ULA announced that it had picked the BE-4 engine from Blue Origin and fueled by liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane (CH 4) to replace the RD-180 on a new first-stage booster. [33] The engine was already in its third year of development, and ULA said it expected the new stage and engine to start flying as soon as 2019. [34]
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' aerospace company, is building two engines for ULA's Vulcan rocket. ULA wanted to launch the rocket into space this year, but the engines have been delayed, Ars reported.
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said on X after the Dec. 27 hot fire test. The test was the first time all seven BE-4 engines were fired simultaneously for 24 seconds.
Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P. is an American space technology company headquartered in Kent, Washington. The company operates the suborbital New Shepard rocket and the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. In addition to producing engines for its own rockets, Blue Origin supplies engines for other vehicles, including United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur.
Blue Origin started working on BE-4 in 2011, and though it was originally designed for use specifically on Blue Origin's own New Glenn rocket, which is its first orbital launch vehicle, in 2014 ...