Blue Origin · United States · First flight 2025 · Reusable first stage
Blue Origin's orbital heavy-lift launch vehicle with a reusable first stage. Features the largest payload fairing in production at 7 meters diameter. Named after astronaut John Glenn. Successfully landed its first stage booster on the second flight in November 2025.
From SpaceNexus's launch tracker (tracked since Jan 16, 2025); outcomes recorded as each flight lands. Career totals above are the vehicle's full history.
| Height | 98 m |
| Diameter | 7 m |
| Liftoff mass | 1,500,000 kg |
| Stages | 2 |
| Engines | 7x BE-4 + 2x BE-3U |
| Propellant | CH4 / LOX (booster) + LH2 / LOX (upper) |
| Fairing diameter | 7 m |
| Payload to LEO | 45,000 kg |
| Payload to GTO | 13,000 kg |
| Payload to SSO | — |
| Payload to TLI | — |
| Reusable | Yes (first stage) |
| First flight | 2025-01-16 |
| Last flight | Active |
| Variants seen on the manifest | New Glenn |
A dedicated New Glenn launch lists at roughly $68 million, about $1,511 per kilogram to low Earth orbit at full payload. Actual contract prices vary with orbit, integration and government requirements.
The next tracked New Glenn launch is Blue Moon Pathfinder on Sep 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Dates move; Mission Control carries the live countdown.
New Glenn has flown 2 times with 2 successes, 0 failures and 0 partial failures — a 100% success rate, with 2 consecutive successes at last count.
45,000 kg to low Earth orbit, 13,000 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.