New Shepard
In-active Re-UsableBlue Origin (BO)
April 29, 2015
Description
The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
Specifications
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Stages
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Length
15.0 m -
Diameter
3.7 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
75.0 T -
Thrust
490.0 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
100.0 km
Family
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Name
New Shepard -
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
New Shepard
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Blue Origin
Commercial
CEO: Jeff Bezos
BO 2000Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
New Shepard | NS-38
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Jan. 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
New Shepard | NS-37
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Dec. 20, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
New Shepard | NS-36
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Oct. 8, 2025, 1:40 p.m.
New Shepard | NS-35
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Sept. 18, 2025, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
NS-35 is the 35th flight for the New Shepard program. This flight will fly more than 40 scientific and research payloads to space and back, including 24 experiments from NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge and payloads for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, University of Florida, Carthage College, University of Central Florida, Teledyne, Space Lab Technologies, and Teachers in Space, among others.
Suborbital NS-5 - Flight Proven ( ) Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West TexasNew Shepard | NS-34
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Aug. 3, 2025, 12:42 p.m.
New Shepard | NS-33
Blue Origin | United States of AmericaCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
June 29, 2025, 2:39 p.m.
Long March 2D
4 x SatNet test satellites
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOfficially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellites". Probably 4 test satellites for the Chinese state-owned LEO commu…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-41
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
Amazon Leo (LA-07)
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Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-53
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 7A
TJSW-24
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
