New Glenn·Blue Origin
New Glenn 9x4
retiredReusable
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 120 m
- Diameter
- 7 m
- Stages
- 2
- Thrust
- 25,621 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 70,000 kg
- Total launches
- 0
- Success / Fail
- 0 / 0
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.
Propulsion
First stage
7×BE-42,400 kN
CH4 / LOX · staged-combustion
Blue OriginIsp 340s (vac)since 2024