In December 2020, Blue Origin was awarded a Nasa Launch Services II (NLS II) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to launch planetary, exploration, earth observation, and scientific satellites for Nasa. Mu Space announced the launch of a geostationary satellite on board the New Glenn in 2018. The rocket’s high-performance configuration is designed to meet the needs of all civil, commercial, and national security customers. The reusable component of the rocket will enable access to space at a lower cost. The New Glenn launch vehicle will feature a fully reusable first-stage booster, which will last up to 25 missions, making it suitable for a range of space launch markets. It will have the capacity to carry payloads and people to the earth’s orbit and beyond. New Glenn is a single configuration heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by Blue Origin, a spaceflight services provider based in the US. Mu Space will launch its geostationary satellite on board the New Glenn launch vehicle.
The New Glenn vehicle will be powered by BE-4 LNG/LOX engine.
