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New Glenn
Blue Origin's heavy-lift reusable rocket; maiden flight January 2025 with 3 flights by mid-2026.
Verified 2026-06-17 · First flight 2025-01-16
Systems cutaway
Systems
Propulsion↗
7× BE-4 LOX/LNG engines on first stage; 2× BE-3U LOX/LH2 on second stage; 17,100 kN liftoff thrust.
Structures↗
7 m diameter fairing; two-stage design; 98 m total height; reusable first stage.
Recovery↗
Propulsive first stage landing on drone ship; first successful landing on NG-2 (November 2025).
Specs & Metrics
- Payload to LEO ↑ better
- 45,000 kg
- Maximum payload mass deliverable to low Earth orbit (~200–400 km circular), in the vehicle's stated reference configuration.
- Payload to GTO ↑ better
- 13,000 kg
- Maximum payload mass deliverable to geostationary transfer orbit (~185 × 35,786 km), in the stated reference config.
- Liftoff Thrust ↑ better
- 17100 kN
- Total first-stage thrust at liftoff (sea-level), in kilonewtons, summing all active engines and solid strap-ons.
- Vehicle Height ↓ better
- 98 m
- Full stack height at liftoff, in metres, including fairing or spacecraft.
- Launches in 2025 ↑ better
- 2
- NG-1 (Jan 16) and NG-2 (Nov 13) in 2025; NG-3 launched April 19, 2026
- Total number of launch attempts conducted in calendar year 2025 (Jan 1 – Dec 31 UTC).
Subsystems
propulsion↗
7× BE-4 LOX/LNG engines on first stage; 2× BE-3U LOX/LH2 on second stage; 17,100 kN liftoff thrust.
structures↗
7 m diameter fairing; two-stage design; 98 m total height; reusable first stage.
recovery↗
Propulsive first stage landing on drone ship; first successful landing on NG-2 (November 2025).