posted 09-15-2016 08:32 PM               

Please use this topic to discuss Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch vehicles.

posted 09-15-2016 08:34 PM               

During a half-hour-long question-and-answer period, he offered some additional insights into his vision for how humans will eventually spread out into the solar system, what he hopes his legacy will be and how he competes against other billionaire space enthusiasts such as Elon Musk and Richard Branson.

posted 09-26-2016 04:02 PM               

Exciting results from three weeks of wind tunnel testing of New Glenn at transonic and supersonic speeds.

posted 09-26-2016 06:49 PM               

I couldn't confirm it, but I'm pretty sure it's Lockheed Martin's High Speed Wind Tunnel in Dallas.

posted 12-09-2016 07:35 AM               

I'm deeply touched that you've named the second generation of [Blue Origin's] rockets — the first reusable rocket to orbit the Earth — the New Glenn. As the original Glenn, I can tell you I see the day coming when people will board spacecraft the same way millions of us now board jetliners. When that happens, it will be largely because of your achievements this year.

posted 03-07-2017 09:11 AM               

Eutelsat signs up for Blue Origin's New Glenn launcher

Eutelsat to fly on New Glenn from 2021

Eutelsat Communications today [March 7] announced at the Satellite 2017 Convention in Washington D.C. the conclusion of a contract with Blue Origin for a launch on the New Glenn rocket that is expected to initiate flights in 2020.

The new partnership with Blue Origin reflects Eutelsat's longstanding strategy to source launch services from multiple agencies in order to secure access to space and partner with launch agencies that combine the highest levels of performance, flexibility and competitiveness.

The agreement with Blue Origin covers the launch of a geostationary satellite in the 2021-2022 timeframe. The New Glenn launcher will be compatible with virtually all Eutelsat satellites, giving flexibility to allocate the mission 12 months ahead of launch.

Rodolphe Belmer, Eutelsat CEO, commented on the new relationship with Blue Origin: "Blue Origin has been forthcoming with Eutelsat on its strategy and convinced us they have the right mindset to compete in the launch service industry. Their solid engineering approach, and their policy to develop technologies that will form the base of a broad generation of launchers, corresponds to what we expect from our industrial partners. In including New Glenn in our manifest we are pursuing our longstanding strategy of innovation that drives down the cost of access to space and drives up performance. This can only be good news for the profitability and sustainability of our industry."

"Eutelsat is one of the world's most experienced and innovative satellite operators, and we are honoured that they chose Blue Origin and our New Glenn orbital launch vehicle," said Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder. "Eutelsat has launched satellites on many new vehicles and shares both our methodical approach to engineering and our passion for driving down the cost of access to space. Welcome to the launch manifest, Eutelsat, can't wait to fly together."

posted 09-12-2017 05:37 AM               

New Glenn features more than twice the payload volume of any 5-meter class commercial launch system.

posted 09-12-2017 08:33 PM               

I think it's representative of freedom and exploration and mobility and progress. For the people who are in love with flight, there is no substitute.

posted 03-29-2018 12:44 PM               

Although the company's website still shows New Glenn with a second stage powered by a reignitable version of the BE-4 it is developing to power the main stage of both New Glenn and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, that configuration is now out of date.

A Blue Origin executive told SpaceNews the company is shelving development of a vacuum-optimized version of BE-4 and will instead use vacuum-optimized versions of flight-proven BE-3 engines for New Glenn's second stage and optional third stage.

"We've already flown BE-3s, and we were already in the development program for BE-3U as the third stage for New Glenn," said Clay Mowry, Blue Origin's vice president of sales, marketing and customer experience. "It made a lot of sense for us to switch to an architecture where we get there faster for first flight."

The BE-3U is the upper stage variant of the liquid hydrogen-fueled BE-3 engine that has powered Blue Origin's reusable New Shepard spacecraft on six suborbital test flights since its 2015 debut.

posted 03-03-2020 09:43 AM               

2020 is shaping up to be a busy year for the Blue team in Florida – starting with the completion of the first full scale New Glenn 7 meter fairing at our rocket factory in Cape Canaveral.

posted 12-29-2020 10:35 PM               

My siblings and I surprised our mom today. We revealed the name of the Blue Origin landing ship. We named it after her — the Jacklyn.

New Glenn's first stage will come home to the Jacklyn after every flight. It couldn't be more appropriately named — Mom has always given us the best place and best heart to come home to.

posted 08-23-2023 02:14 PM               

I got to see New Glenn manufacturing up close, which is an essential element of their Blue Moon human landing system architecture.

posted 11-20-2023 02:25 PM               

...he acknowledged "some schedule risk" to those plans given the state of New Glenn development.

posted 01-10-2024 05:08 PM               

Photos courtesy Sean Cannon.

posted 01-22-2024 05:19 PM               

The first and second stages of New Glenn’s test vehicle mate for the first time, enabling us to exercise our tooling and stage interfaces in preparation for our first launch later this year.

posted 03-05-2024 04:02 PM               

We've wrapped up three tanking tests on New Glenn’s first stage and are headed back to the integration facility today. Rest assured, there's much more to come.