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Named after the first US astronaut to orbit Earth, the 'New Glenn' launcher is larger than SpaceX's future Heavy rocket, The spacecraft come in two stages and will bring Blue Origin one-step closer to its goal of 'millions of people living and working in space'.
Blue Origin's announcement comes at a crucial time for the commercial space industry, The Washington Post reports.
Both stages are 23-feet in diameter, but the 'New Glenn 3-stage' is 313 feet tall, whereas 'New Glenn 2-stage measures 270-feet.
And each stage lifts off with 3.85 million pounds of thrust from seven BE-4 engines.
A single vacuum-optimized BE-3 engine, burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, will power New Glenn's third stage, according to Bezos.
However,the booster and the second stage are identical in both variants.
'The three-stage variant—with its high specific impulse hydrogen upper stage—is capable of flying demanding beyond-LEO missions.'
Just like Blue Origin's smaller BE-3 engine and New Shepard Propulsion module, both of the new rockets and their engines are reusable.
Blue Origin's announcement comes at a crucial time for the commercial space industry, The Washington Post reports.
Both stages are 23-feet in diameter, but the 'New Glenn 3-stage' is 313 feet tall, whereas 'New Glenn 2-stage measures 270-feet.
And each stage lifts off with 3.85 million pounds of thrust from seven BE-4 engines.
A single vacuum-optimized BE-3 engine, burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, will power New Glenn's third stage, according to Bezos.
However,the booster and the second stage are identical in both variants.
'The three-stage variant—with its high specific impulse hydrogen upper stage—is capable of flying demanding beyond-LEO missions.'
Just like Blue Origin's smaller BE-3 engine and New Shepard Propulsion module, both of the new rockets and their engines are reusable.
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