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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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Blue Origin’s New Glenn and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan are also aiming for debut launches in 2021 and are powered by BE-4 methalox engines.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 19, 2021Landspace closes in on orbital launch with liquid methane rocket
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Telesat signed an agreement in 2019 with Blue Origin for launch services on the New Glenn rocket under a non-exclusive arrangement.

RelationshipsValue 4.3Feb 9, 2021Thales Alenia selected to build Telesat’s broadband constellation

Blue Origin plans to fly the New Glenn rocket in late 2021 and compete in the commercial launch market.

PlanGrowthValue 3.7Jan 26, 2021Space Force officially ends launch partnerships with Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman

Blue Origin originally targeted a 2020 debut for New Glenn, which by early 2019 had slipped to 2021.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Dec 17, 2020Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract

On 2020-12-16, NASA awarded a launch services contract to Blue Origin that added New Glenn to the agency’s NASA Launch Services (NLS) 2 contract vehicle.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.5Dec 17, 2020Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract

Since announcing New Glenn in 2016, Blue Origin has secured commercial customers including Eutelsat, Mu Space, OneWeb, Sky Perfect JSAT, and Telesat.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Dec 17, 2020Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract

Blue Origin has been constructing the New Glenn launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 36.

PlanGrowthValue 3.6Dec 17, 2020Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract

As of 2020-12-17, Blue Origin had not provided new public information on the progress of New Glenn development or an estimated date for its first launch.

PlanValue 2.0Dec 17, 2020Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract

Blue Origin invested more than $2,500,000,000 of private funds into New Glenn development.

FinancialCapabilityValue 4.5Dec 17, 2020Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract

Blue Origin built a factory adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center to manufacture New Glenn.

GrowthCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 17, 2020Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract

Telesat signed launch contracts with Blue Origin’s New Glenn to fly 30 to 35 Telesat LEO satellites per launch.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.3Oct 29, 2020Telesat to announce satellite, launch contracts by year’s end

Blue Origin competed for the Air Force launch provider role but lost and the Air Force plans to terminate the $500,000,000 Launch Service Agreement that Blue Origin received in October 2018 to advance development of its New Glenn rocket.

LegalFinancialPlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

Blue Origin built a large rocket factory outside the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to manufacture New Glenn boosters and is developing a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

CapabilityPlanGrowthValue 4.5Oct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

Blue Origin opened a factory in February in Huntsville, Alabama to produce engines for New Glenn and for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.

GrowthCapabilityPlanRelationshipsValue 4.5Oct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

Blue Origin submitted an offer for NSSL Phase 2 based on New Glenn's heavy-lift performance, more than $2,500,000,000 in private investment, and a competitive single basic launch service price across the entire ordering period.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.2Aug 7, 2020BE-4 Engine Will Support U.S. Space Force's National Security Space Launch Program

Blue Origin is developing a New Glenn rocket, a launch complex at Cape Canaveral, and a large factory for building the New Glenn rocket.

CapabilityPlanGrowthValue 4.0Aug 7, 2020News Analysis | With Pentagon award, SpaceX joins the establishment

Blue Origin has estimated New Glenn development costs at $2,500,000,000 and has funded the program through founder Jeff Bezos’ personal wealth.

FinancialRelationshipsGrowthValue 4.5Aug 7, 2020News Analysis | With Pentagon award, SpaceX joins the establishment

Blue Origin launches the suborbital New Shepard rocket and is preparing to launch the orbital New Glenn rocket in 2021.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 30, 2020Amazon Web Services establishes space-focused business unit

Blue Origin is developing the New Glenn rocket for the Phase 2 competition with a planned first flight in 2021.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2Jun 17, 2020SMC commander impressed by ‘technical maturity’ of newly developed U.S. rockets

If delayed, Ariane 6 would join United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket and Blue Origin’s New Glenn in encountering setbacks that pushed their maiden flights to 2021 instead of 2020.

PlanValue 4.0May 20, 2020Ariane 6 maiden flight likely slipping to 2021