New Glenn
New Glenn is Blue Origin's active two-stage heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. Its reusable first stage uses seven BE-4 methane-fueled engines and lands offshore, while its expendable hydrogen-fueled upper stage uses two restartable BE-3U engines. New Glenn first reached orbit in January 2025 and achieved its first booster landing on the second mission in November 2025.
Identity
- Aliases
- Blue Origin New GlennNew Glenn orbital launch vehicle
- Family Name
- New Glenn
- Full Name
- New Glenn
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Slug
- new-glenn
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- New Glenn is Blue Origin's active two-stage heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. Its reusable first stage uses seven BE-4 methane-fueled engines and lands offshore, while its expendable hydrogen-fueled upper stage uses two restartable BE-3U engines. New Glenn first reached orbit in January 2025 and achieved its first booster landing on the second mission in November 2025.
- Diameter M
- 7
- Engines
- Count
- 7
- Name
- BE-4
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 2
- Name
- BE-3U
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,025
- Height M
- 98
- Manufacturer Id
- jd78nkwegh0chf93k1vg404hwh7kph68
- Operator Id
- jd78nkwegh0chf93k1vg404hwh7kph68
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 13,000
- Leo
- 45,000
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.blueorigin.com/new-glenn
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Glenn
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 1:04:49 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 1:04:49 AM