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
  • Variant
    9x4
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    New Glenn 9x4
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • 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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