New Glenn 9x4

In-active Re-Usable

Blue Origin (BO)

None

Description

The New Glenn 9x4 is a further enhanced variant of the current New Glenn rocket (the "7x2" configuration) by Blue Origin. The New Glenn 9x4 uses 9 updated BE-4 Block 2 engines on the reusable 1st stage and 4 BE-3U engines on the 2nd stage, with a 8.7 meters diameter payload fairing. It can carry 70 metric tons to low Earth orbit, 14 metric tons to Geostationary Orbit Direct, and 20 metric tons to Trans Lunar Injection.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
120.0 m
Diameter
7.0 m
Fairing Diameter
8.7 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
25621.0 kN

Family

Name
New Glenn 9x4
Family
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Variant
9x4
Alias
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Full Name
New Glenn 9x4

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
70000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
14000.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Blue Origin

Commercial

CEO: Jeff Bezos

BO 2000

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

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