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“As of May 10, 2019, Blue Origin identified the BE-7 propellants as liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX).”
“An external excerpt in the thread indicates Blue Origin planned a 2023 uncrewed demo using a single BE-7 engine on the descent element and a first crewed flight using two BE-7 engines on the descent element.”
7f2fba36-12b4-4bf2-b2e3-5605008dddd8“Blue Origin’s HLS proposal included a descent stage based on its Blue Moon cargo lunar lander concept powered by the BE-7 engine.”
“Blue Origin develops the Descent Element for the National Team based on the Blue Moon lander and the BE-7 engine.”
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Blue Origin’s HLS proposal included a descent stage based on its Blue Moon cargo lunar lander concept powered by the BE-7 engine.
As of January 28, 2020, planned capital improvements at the AFRL Edwards AFB facility funded by Blue Origin included adding liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellant capabilities and other upgrades to allow BE-7 testing in a simulated space-like environment.
Blue Origin started testing the BE-7 engine in June 2019 at NASA Marshall and has accumulated 1,245 seconds of runtime to date.
As of May 10, 2019, Blue Origin published a BE-7 thrust value of 40 kN.
As of May 10, 2019, Blue Origin stated the BE-7 would power the Blue Moon lunar lander and be versatile enough for other in-space applications.
Blue Origin announced the BE-7 engine during a 2019-05-09 event where Jeff Bezos unveiled an updated design of the Blue Moon lander.
As of May 10, 2019, Blue Origin published a BE-7 specific impulse of 453 seconds.
Blue Origin announced the BE-7 engine in May 2019 when it unveiled its Blue Moon lunar lander.
Blue Origin's BE-7 engine is rated at 10,000 pounds of thrust.
Blue Origin develops the Descent Element for the National Team based on the Blue Moon lander and the BE-7 engine.
As of May 10, 2019, Blue Origin identified the BE-7 propellants as liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX).
An external excerpt in the thread indicates Blue Origin planned a 2023 uncrewed demo using a single BE-7 engine on the descent element and a first crewed flight using two BE-7 engines on the descent element.