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Blue Origin

OPERATING 5,001-10,000 EMPLOYEES

Develops reusable heavy-lift launch vehicles, rocket engines, lunar landers, in-space logistics platforms, and satellite communications constellations

ABOUT

Blue Origin designs and manufactures reusable launch vehicles, rocket engines, lunar landers, and in-space transportation systems. Its flagship orbital vehicle, New Glenn, carries 45 metric tons to low Earth orbit and features a first stage designed for 25 reuse cycles powered by seven BE-4 engines. Blue Origin also produces the BE-4 engine for United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur and manufactures the BE-3U upper-stage and BE-7 lunar descent engines.

The company's Blue Moon program develops lunar landers for NASA's Artemis program under the Sustaining Lunar Development contract. Blue Ring is a multi-mission orbital platform providing payload hosting, transportation, refueling, and data relay from MEO to cislunar space. TeraWave is a planned 5,408-satellite constellation designed to deliver up to 6 Tbps of symmetrical bandwidth for enterprise and government customers.

Blue Origin operates launch facilities at Cape Canaveral, manufactures engines in Huntsville, Alabama, and maintains its headquarters in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the company is led by CEO Dave Limp.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES
BE-3PM Engine COMPONENT
Liquid hydrogen engine powering New Shepard's suborbital booster
BE-3U Engine COMPONENT
Liquid hydrogen upper-stage engine producing 200,000 lbf vacuum thrust for New Glenn's second stage
BE-4 Engine COMPONENT
Oxygen-rich staged combustion engine producing 640,000 lbf thrust, powering New Glenn and ULA's Vulcan Centaur
BE-7 Engine COMPONENT IN-DEVELOPMENT
Dual-expander cycle engine producing 10,000 lbf vacuum thrust for lunar lander applications
Blue Moon MK1 VEHICLE IN-DEVELOPMENT
Robotic lunar cargo lander capable of delivering up to 3 metric tons to the lunar surface using New Glenn's 7-meter fairing
Blue Moon MK2 VEHICLE IN-DEVELOPMENT
Crew-capable lunar lander developed under NASA's Sustaining Lunar Development contract for the Artemis program
Blue Ring PLATFORM IN-DEVELOPMENT
Multi-mission in-space logistics platform providing hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and edge computing from MEO to cislunar space
Motion control systems and exploration systems for space robotics applications (acquired subsidiary)
New Glenn VEHICLE
Heavy-lift reusable orbital launch vehicle with a 7-meter fairing, capable of 45 metric tons to LEO and 13 metric tons to GTO, powered by seven BE-4 engines on a reusable first stage
Fully reusable suborbital rocket system for human spaceflight and research payloads, reaching above the Karman line at 100 km altitude
TeraWave SERVICE IN-DEVELOPMENT
Planned 5,408-satellite LEO/MEO constellation delivering up to 6 Tbps symmetrical bandwidth for enterprise and government customers
FEDERAL CONTRACTS 1
$78.3M 2025-2028 DEFENSE
THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT INTO A SPACE VEHICLE PROCESSING FACILITY ON CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION. THIS AWARD IS THE RESULT OF THE NSSL SPACE VEHICLE PROCESSING COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS OPENING TOPIC 1A.
via usaspending.gov
LAUNCHES 8
2026-04-19 New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2 LAUNCH FAILURE
Launch Complex 36A · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Low Earth Orbit
2026-01-22 New Shepard | NS-38 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch · Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA · Suborbital
2025-12-20 New Shepard | NS-37 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch · Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA · Suborbital
2025-11-13 New Glenn | EscaPADE LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Launch Complex 36A · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Mars Orbit
2025-10-08 New Shepard | NS-36 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch · Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA · Suborbital
2025-09-18 New Shepard | NS-35 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch · Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA · Suborbital
2025-08-03 New Shepard | NS-34 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch · Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA · Suborbital
2025-06-29 New Shepard | NS-33 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch · Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA · Suborbital
via launchlibrary.net
LOCATIONS
Kent, WA HQ
Huntsville, AL
Cape Canaveral, FL
Los Angeles, CA
Denver, CO
Reston, VA
Phoenix, AZ
Van Horn, TX
RELATED COMPANIES
OVERVIEW
Founded 2000
HQ Kent, Washington
Type Private Company
LEADERSHIP
CEO
Jeff Bezos
Founder
SVP, Lunar Permanence
Ian Richardson
SVP, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Operations
Michael Edmonds
SVP, Strategy, Marketing & Sales
Mary Mannion Plunkett
Chief Human Resources Officer
Paul Weber
General Counsel
Jennifer Pena-Leanos
Chief People Officer
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Last Verified Feb 23, 2026