Blue Origin’s new Super-Heavy rocket
Blue Origin has unveiled plans to build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn reusable rocket, giving customers more options, and capable of competing with SpaceX and other launch companies
New Glenn
98m
Saturn V
110.6m
SpaceX StarShip
123m
NEW GLENN 9x4
123m
Super-Heavy Class vehicle
Uses existing designs and subsystems for affordability
Fairing 8.7m wide
Capacity: 820m3
70% larger than New Glenn
New Glenn
Seven first stage BE-4 engines, two second stage BE-3U engines
New Glenn 9x4
Nine first stage and four second stage engines
Thrust (upgraded engines)
Each BE-4: 2,847kN*
BE-3: 890kN
Total thrust
First stage: 25,621kN
Second stage: 3,558kN
Payload
Low Earth orbit: 70 tonnes
Geostationary Orbit Direct: 14t
Trans Lunar Injection: 20t
2,000km
36,000km
385,000km
*kiloNewtons
Human to scale
Sources: Blue Origin, SpaceX, NASA
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