Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
| 2027 | 0 | 5 |
| 2028 | 0 | 8 |
| 2029 | 0 | 11 |
| 2030 | 0 | 14 |
| 2031 | 0 | 18 |
| 2032 | 0 | 22 |
| 2033 | 0 | 24 |
| 2034 | 0 | 24 |
| 2035 | 0 | 24 |
| 2036 | 0 | 24 |
| 2037 | 0 | 24 |
| 2038 | 0 | 24 |
| 2039 | 0 | 24 |
| 2040 | 0 | 24 |
| 2041 | 0 | 24 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Glenn 7x2 | LEO | 45,000 kg | Unknown | Unknown | Blue Origin New Glenn vehicle page |
New Glenn 7x2 | GTO | 13,600 kg | Unknown | Unknown | Blue Origin New Glenn vehicle page |
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceMobile-007 Mission | New Glenn 7x2 | Apr 19, 2026 |
| ESCAPADE | New Glenn 7x2 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Blue Ring Pathfinder Mission | New Glenn 7x2 | Jan 16, 2025 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant |
|---|
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
New Glenn 7x2 | Not stated | 3 | Active |
2 launch locations represented.
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 3 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2026 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 0 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2027 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 5 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2027 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 0 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2028 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 8 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2028 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 0 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2029 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 10 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2029 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 1 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2030 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 12 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2030 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 2 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2031 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 14 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2031 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 4 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2032 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 16 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2032 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 6 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2033 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 16 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2033 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 8 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2034 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 16 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2034 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 8 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2035 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 16 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2035 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 8 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2036 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 16 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2036 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 8 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
| 2037 | Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida) | 16 | 50% | New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, fa... |
| 2037 | Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California) | 8 | 45% | Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a... |
New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, factory flow, and cust...
Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a multi-year ramp.
New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, factory flow, and cust...
Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a multi-year ramp.
New Glenn 7x2 |
| TLI |
| 7,000 kg |
| Unknown |
| Unknown |
| Wikipedia New Glenn (citing Blue Origin official specs) |
| Announced |
|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. |
New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, factory flow, and cust...
Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a multi-year ramp.
New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, factory flow, and cust...
Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a multi-year ramp.
New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, factory flow, and cust...
Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a multi-year ramp.
New Glenn has reached multiple flights by 2026 but is still in early ramp. Base discounts 8-12/year aspiration and reaches 16/year only after booster reuse, factory flow, and cust...
Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a multi-year ramp.
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The lawsuit alleges the board performed little diligence on the proposed contracts to launch the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation with Ariane 6, New Glenn and Vulcan Centaur rockets.
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Jarrett Jones, senior vice president for New Glenn at Blue Origin, projected at World Satellite Business Week in September that the first New Glenn flight vehicle would arrive at a Florida integration facility by the end of the year and that Blue Origin planned multiple New Glenn launches in 2024.
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn contracts include a launch agreement with NASA for the ESCAPADE Mars smallsat mission, which project officials have planned for August 2024.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn program planned multiple launches in 2024 and intends to meet its contractual requirements in 2024.
Blue Origin planned multiple New Glenn launches in 2024 despite New Glenn being years behind schedule.
Blue Origin aims for a 2024 first launch of its New Glenn rocket, which is contracted to launch NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
Blue Origin is developing the New Glenn heavy rocket and is working with the U.S. Space Force to develop a plan to certify New Glenn for NSSL after New Glenn starts flying.
Blue Origin plans multiple New Glenn launches in 2024 and intends to meet its contractual requirements for Project Kuiper in 2024.
Blue Origin is working toward a first New Glenn launch in 2024 and expects the first flight vehicle to arrive at the integration facility by the end of the year.
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Amazon awarded contracts in April 2022 to Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance for up to 83 launches of Ariane 6, New Glenn, and Vulcan Centaur rockets to deploy the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
Telesat characterizes Blue Origin’s New Glenn as expected to be available for Lightspeed launches when Telesat starts launching in mid-2026.
Amazon faces a July 2026 deadline in its FCC license to launch half of its 3,236 satellites using Ariane 6, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur.
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 and Blue Origin’s New Glenn were delayed to 2024.
Super-heavy launch vehicles like Starship and New Glenn could significantly impact the design choices for small satellites.