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New Glenn

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
1
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
3
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
45,000 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
202520
202613
202705
202808
2029011
2030014
2031018
2032022
2033024
2034024
2035024
2036024
2037024
2038024
2039024
2040024
2041024

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
New Glenn 7x2
LEO45,000 kgUnknownUnknownBlue Origin New Glenn vehicle page
New Glenn 7x2
GTO13,600 kgUnknownUnknownBlue Origin New Glenn vehicle page

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
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

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariant

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
New Glenn 7x2
Not stated3Active

Forecast Location Split

2 launch locations represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)350%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...
2026Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)045%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2027Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)550%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...
2027Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)045%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2028Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)850%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...
2028Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)045%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2029Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1050%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...
2029Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)145%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2030Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1250%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...
2030Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)245%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2031Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1450%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...
2031Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)445%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2032Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1650%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...
2032Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)645%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2033Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1650%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...
2033Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)845%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2034Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1650%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...
2034Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)845%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2035Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1650%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...
2035Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)845%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2036Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1650%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...
2036Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)845%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
2037Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1650%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...
2037Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)845%Vandenberg SLC-14 is included because Space Force selected Blue Origin to continue final lease process, but greenfield heavy/super-heavy construction creates a...
Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2026 · 50% confidence
3

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...

Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2026 · 45% confidence
0

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.

Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2027 · 50% confidence
5

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...

Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2027 · 45% confidence
0

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.

Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2028 · 50% confidence
8
New Glenn 7x2
TLI
7,000 kg
Unknown
Unknown
Wikipedia New Glenn (citing Blue Origin official specs)
Announced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Track

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...

Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2028 · 45% confidence
0

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.

Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2029 · 50% confidence
10

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...

Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2029 · 45% confidence
1

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.

Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2030 · 50% confidence
12

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...

Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2030 · 45% confidence
2

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.

Space Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2031 · 50% confidence
14

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...

Space Launch Complex 14, Vandenberg Space Force Base (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2031 · 45% confidence
4

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.

Mentions
892
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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Actions

The payload for New Glenn’s first launch is anticipated to be NASA's ESCAPADE smallsat mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jan 2, 2024The year new launch vehicles finally lift off

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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LegalPlanGeneralValue 4.0Dec 14, 2023Amazon seeks dismissal of Project Kuiper launch contract lawsuit

NASA acquired a launch for ESCAPADE on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket using the VADR contract, and that launch is scheduled for late 2024 as the first flight of New Glenn.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.4Dec 3, 2023NASA updating policy for rideshare missions

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.

PlanGovernanceValue 4.3Nov 21, 2023NASA Mars smallsat mission to be on first New Glenn launch

Blue Origin plans to fly two 2023-03-01 lunar pathfinder landers on early flights of the New Glenn launch vehicle.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 28, 2023Blue Origin reveals mockup of Blue Moon lunar lander prototype

NASA will provide a Blue Origin New Glenn launch vehicle to carry the two ESCAPADE spacecraft to low Earth orbit in 2024.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Oct 19, 2023Rocket Lab to Integrate Twin Spacecraft for NASA's ESCAPADE Mars Mission

The two ESCAPADE spacecraft are planned for launch in 2024 to low Earth orbit aboard a Blue Origin New Glenn launch vehicle provided by NASA.

PlanGeneralValue 4.5Oct 19, 2023Rocket Lab integrating twin spacecraft for NASA’s Mission to Mars

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.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Oct 13, 2023The Accidental Monopoly

Blue Origin’s New Glenn program planned multiple launches in 2024 and intends to meet its contractual requirements in 2024.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Oct 13, 2023The Accidental Monopoly

Blue Origin planned multiple New Glenn launches in 2024 despite New Glenn being years behind schedule.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Sep 25, 2023Blue Origin CEO Smith to step down

Blue Origin aims for a 2024 first launch of its New Glenn rocket, which is contracted to launch NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 18, 2023SpaceX launches a debate on monopolies

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.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 13, 2023ULA has ‘no issues’ with Space Force plan to select three national security launch providers

Blue Origin plans multiple New Glenn launches in 2024 and intends to meet its contractual requirements for Project Kuiper in 2024.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 12, 2023Kuiper launch companies say they can meet Amazon’s schedule

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.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 12, 2023Kuiper launch companies say they can meet Amazon’s schedule

One of Blue Origin’s contracted New Glenn launches for Project Kuiper would carry NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars smallsat mission, currently scheduled to launch in August 2024.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 12, 2023Kuiper launch companies say they can meet Amazon’s schedule

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.

RelationshipsPlanGeneralValue 5.0Sep 12, 2023Kuiper launch companies say they can meet Amazon’s schedule

Telesat characterizes Blue Origin’s New Glenn as expected to be available for Lightspeed launches when Telesat starts launching in mid-2026.

PlanValue 3.5Sep 11, 2023Telesat Q&A | Getting back to Lightspeed

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.

LegalPlanValue 4.6Sep 4, 2023ESA to set target for first Ariane 6 launch after upcoming tests

Arianespace’s Ariane 6 and Blue Origin’s New Glenn were delayed to 2024.

PlanValue 4.0Aug 31, 2023Lawsuit claims Amazon’s board erred in awarding Kuiper launch contracts to Blue Origin and others

Super-heavy launch vehicles like Starship and New Glenn could significantly impact the design choices for small satellites.

GeneralValue 1.3Aug 9, 2023The Smallsat Show-me Era