Blue Origin's heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, named for astronaut John Glenn, with a reusable first stage designed to land on a sea-based platform much like SpaceX's Falcon boosters. It reached orbit successfully on its debut flight, carrying a Blue Origin technology-demonstration payload.
Facts
Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift partially reusable launch vehicle 2 Manufacturer First Flight Date StatusOperational, entering commercial and government service. 2 Classification
Vehicle ClassReusable Launch Vehicle 1 Connections
Has Vehicle Class
Entity-backed identity for the vehicle-class enum value this launch vehicle already carries, resolved to a space concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The vehicle-class fact itself stays on the launch vehicle unchanged.
Operated By
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
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Manufactured By
Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Encyclopedia Astronautica
New Glenn (Wikipedia)
New Glenn, Wikipedia - lead section, vehicle kind (reusable)
New Glenn is a family of two-stage partially reusable launch vehicles developed and operated by the American company Blue Origin.
In Group: Commercial American Launch Vehicles, Lead sentence
New Glenn is a family of two-stage partially reusable launch vehicles developed and operated by the American company Blue Origin.
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