Blue Origin Reveals New Kick Stage, Engines for its New Glenn Rockets

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SPACEFLIGHT NOW - Blue Origin is announced two big developments for its New Glenn rockets as the company continues to work towards its first flight following a late-May pad explosion.

During an invite-only event at the Kennedy Space Center called Up.Summit, Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp announced that the company has been developing a new third stage and a new first-stage engine.

This new upper stage, called Glenn Stage 3 (GS3) is designed for missions that require direct injection to geostationary orbit and Earth-escape trajectories. Blue Origin said it already has a government mission lined up for 2028 that will launch a payload to cis-lunar space, but didn’t elaborate further on that mission.

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Note:  Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.

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