New Glenn
Launch companies reduce vehicle options to lower costs
Launch companies that once offered many variants of an individual vehicle to match the specific needs of payloads are now moving to a smaller number of standardized designs, trading off optimization for cost savings.
FIRST UP Satcom | BridgeSat, Sitael joint forces on lasercomm; Orbcomm enters China; UK, Singapore plan quantum cubesat
Italian small satellite builder Sitael and American laser communications startup BridgeSat announced plans to form a joint venture in the European Union.
Blue Origin to offer dual launch with New Glenn after fifth mission
Blue Origin will begin flying two customers on the same New Glenn rocket after the launch vehicle has performed five missions with solo customers, according to Ted McFarland, Blue Origin’s commercial director of Asia-Pacific business.
Blue Origin expects BE-4 qualification tests to be done by year’s end
The chief executive of Blue Origin says he expects the company’s BE-4 engine to complete qualification testing by the end of the year as the company ramps up work on its New Glenn orbital rocket.
Blue Origin expects BE-4 qualification tests to be done by year’s end
Blue Origin's CEO says he expects the company’s BE-4 engine to complete qualification testing by the end of the year as the company ramps up work on its New Glenn orbital rocket.
Blue Origin switches engines for New Glenn second stage
Blue Origin quietly changed the design of its New Glenn rocket around the beginning of the year in order to hold to a 2020 first launch and increase the range of orbital missions the rocket can complete.
Blue Origin signs Sky Perfect JSAT as fourth New Glenn launch customer
Blue Origin has added a fourth customer to its launch manifest for the still-in-development New Glenn rocket.
BE-4 engine tests continue as ULA waits to make Vulcan engine decision
As Blue Origin continues tests of its BE-4 engine, United Launch Alliance is keeping quiet about when it might select that engine or an alternative for its Vulcan rocket.
Blue Origin shows interest in national security launches
The new chief executive of Blue Origin told the National Space Council his company is in discussions about certifying its New Glenn rocket for government missions, a shift in strategy that could put the company in competition with a customer.
Blue Origin signs up third customer for New Glenn
Blue Origin announced Sept. 26 that it has signed a deal with a startup satellite operator based in Thailand to launch its first satellite on the New Glenn rocket.
Blue Origin signs OneWeb as second customer for New Glenn reusable rocket
OneWeb has signed on as Blue Origin’s second customer for its New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, both companies announced March 8.
Eutelsat first customer for Blue Origin’s New Glenn
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos disclosed new details about his company’s New Glenn launch vehicle March 7 and announced it had signed up its first customer, commercial satellite operator Eutelsat.
Blue Origin to test New Shepard abort system Wednesday
Blue Origin plans to test the abort system on its suborbital New Shepard vehicle Wednesday (Oct. 5) as the company trickles out additional details about its New Glenn orbital launch vehicl
Blue Origin to follow suborbital New Shepard with orbital New Glenn
Jeff Bezos announced Sept. 12 via Twitter that Blue Origin plans to build a family of orbital rockets it's calling New Glenn.
