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Blue Origin's New Glenn

NeoScribe · November 17, 2017 · 5:49 · English · Documentary

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Video from the channel NeoScribe about New Glenn, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 5:49. Language: English. Video type: Documentary.

What it's about

A 2017 presentation of New Glenn, Blue Origin's first orbital launch vehicle, as it was planned at the time. The company, founded in September 2000, had not yet reached orbit and expected the rocket's debut in 2020.

Historical context

The name honours John Glenn: a Marine Corps fighter pilot in the Second World War and Korea, a test pilot, a member of the Mercury Seven since 1959, the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, a senator for Ohio from 1974 to 1999 and, in 1998, at age 77, the oldest person to travel to space, aboard Discovery. Development of the rocket began before 2012 and was announced in September 2016.

Key facts

The project envisaged two- and three-stage versions, with a 7-metre diameter, a height of 86 or 99 metres and 45,000 kg of payload to low orbit. The first stage, with seven BE-4 engines and 3.8 million pounds of thrust, was designed for 100 missions and would land on a ship in the Atlantic. The second stage would carry a vacuum-optimised BE-4 and the third a BE-3. The plan was completed by the 7-metre payload fairing, a factory on Merritt Island next to Launch Complex 36 and an integration facility at the complex itself.

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