US EditionBlue Origin Revealed some Massively Cool Plans for Its New Glenn Rocket
Blue Origin's new New Glenn 9x4 variant with nine BE-4 engines will boost payload to over 70 metric tons to low-Earth orbit and improve launch frequency and reliability.
- One week after New Glenn's second launch on Thursday, Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin published a roadmap including the super-heavy New Glenn 9�4 and other launch-system upgrades.
- The company said the upgrades aim to increase payload performance, launch cadence and reliability, phasing in enhancements starting with New Glenn's third launch penciled for first-half 2026, including reusable fairings and turnaround improvements.
- Blue Origin engineers highlighted upgrades to engines and the fairing, adding two more BE-4 engines per stage and increasing BE-3U thrust from 320,000 to 400,000 pounds with a larger 8.7-meter payload fairing.
- Both New Glenn variants will serve customers already manifested on New Glenn and may enable near-term lunar activity such as an uncrewed Blue Moon Mark 1 attempt.
- Renderings position the New Glenn 9�4 as taller than Saturn V and comparable to SpaceX Starship; it would carry over 70 metric tons to LEO, 14 metric tons to GEO, and more than 20 metric tons to TLI, with an internal timeline as early as 2027.
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The Blue Origin company, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced to Joy that it will build a larger and stronger version of its New Glenn space rocket, developing initial plans for a family of orbital satellite launchers, like the Falcon rocket fleet built by SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk and dominated by this activity sector, writes Reuters.
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