New Glenn

New Glenn
	New Glenn debut on launch pad - February 2024
Function	Reusable orbital launcher
Manufacturer	Blue Origin
Country of origin	United States
Project cost	At least $2.5 Billion
Size
Height	98 m (322 ft)
Diameter	7 m (23 ft)
Stages	2
Capacity
Payload to low Earth orbit (LEO)
Mass	45,000 kg (99,000 lb)
Payload to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)
Mass	13,600 kg (30,000 lb)
Associated rockets
Comparable	Delta IV Heavy; Falcon Heavy; Long March 5; Vulcan Centaur;
Launch history
Status	In development
Launch sites	Cape Canaveral, LC-36; Vandenberg Space Force Base
First flight	Planned: September 2024
First stage – GS1
Height	57.5 m (189 ft)
Diameter	7 m (23 ft)
Powered by	7 × BE-4
Maximum thrust	17.1 MN (3,850,000 lbf)
Propellant	CH4 / LOX
Second stage – GS2
Height	16.1 m (53 ft) tank section, 23.4 m (77 ft) including the two high expansion ratio nozzle BE-3Us
Diameter	7 m (23 ft)
Powered by	2 × BE-3U
Maximum thrust	1,400 kN (320,000 lbf)
Propellant	LH2 / LOX
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New Glenn is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin, named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.^[6] New Glenn is a two-stage rocket with a diameter of 7 m (23 ft). Its first stage is powered by seven BE-4 engines that are also designed and manufactured by Blue Origin. It launches from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36. The inaugural vehicle was unveiled on the launch pad in February 2024.^[7]^[8]

Development of the New Glenn rocket started before 2013 and was formally announced in 2016,^[9]^[10] with an inaugural flight slated for 2020.^[11] After multiple delays over five years, as of April 2024 the first launch is expected to take place no earlier than September 29, 2024, carrying NASA's EscaPADE spacecraft to Mars.^[5]

Like the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle used for space tourism activities, the New Glenn's first stage has been designed to be reusable since its inception.^[10] In 2021, the company started a program to make the second stage reusable as well, with the project codenamed Project Jarvis.^[12] A first test tank was created in 2021.^[13]

^ "Blue Origin Studying Repurposing of New Glenn Upper Stages". Space.com. 30 March 2019.
^ "Inside look at the New Glenn 7 meter fairing". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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^ ^a ^b Foust, Jeff (7 March 2017). "Eutelsat first customer for Blue Origin's New Glenn". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b Foust, Jeff (25 April 2024). "NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn". SpaceNews. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ Chang, Kenneth (21 February 2024). "Jeff Bezos's Big Rocket Moves Into View and Closer to Launch - Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket rolled to the launchpad for a series of tests in preparation for its flight debut later this year". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ "Blue Origin Debuts New Glenn on Our Launch Pad".
^ Elizabeth Howell (23 February 2024). "Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket rises on launch pad ahead of debut liftoff (photo)". Space.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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^ "Blue Origin picking up the pace at the Cape". 8 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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[1] "Blue Origin Studying Repurposing of New Glenn Upper Stages". Space.com. 30 March 2019.

[2] "Inside look at the New Glenn 7 meter fairing". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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[spacenews20170307-4] Foust, Jeff (7 March 2017). "Eutelsat first customer for Blue Origin's New Glenn". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[sn-20240425-5] Foust, Jeff (25 April 2024). "NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn". SpaceNews. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[NYT-20240221-6] Chang, Kenneth (21 February 2024). "Jeff Bezos's Big Rocket Moves Into View and Closer to Launch - Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket rolled to the launchpad for a series of tests in preparation for its flight debut later this year". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[7] "Blue Origin Debuts New Glenn on Our Launch Pad".

[8] Elizabeth Howell (23 February 2024). "Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket rises on launch pad ahead of debut liftoff (photo)". Space.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

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[pacecape-12] "Blue Origin picking up the pace at the Cape". 8 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

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