Blue Origin
Dave Limp
Overview
Blue Origin is an aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company founded by Jeff Bezos. The company develops reusable launch vehicles and rocket engines with a long-term vision of enabling millions of people to live and work in space. Blue Origin operates the New Shepard suborbital vehicle for space tourism and has developed the New Glenn heavy-lift orbital rocket. The company also builds the BE-4 engine, which powers both New Glenn and ULA's Vulcan Centaur, and is developing the Blue Moon lunar lander under NASA's Artemis program.
Operations & Revenue
Suborbital flights since 2015, orbital capability since 2025 with New Glenn. BE-4 engines in production.
Revenue Streams
Liquid oxygen/methane engines sold to ULA for Vulcan Centaur and used on New Glenn — primary near-term revenue source.
Suborbital space tourism flights carrying paying passengers and research payloads to the edge of space.
$3.4B NASA HLS contract for Artemis lunar lander, plus various government launch service agreements.
Key Metrics
Main Products
Heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle with a reusable first stage, designed for commercial and government missions.
First launch in January 2025 — reached orbit on inaugural flight. Ramping to operational cadence for Kuiper and government missions.
Suborbital launch vehicle for space tourism and research, capable of autonomous vertical landing.
Operational since 2015 — 25+ flights including 6 crewed missions carrying 37+ people to space.
Liquid oxygen/liquefied natural gas (methane) rocket engine producing 2,400 kN of thrust. Powers New Glenn and ULA Vulcan Centaur.
In production and operational — powers both Blue Origin's New Glenn and ULA's Vulcan Centaur rockets.
Human landing system being developed for NASA's Artemis program to return astronauts to the lunar surface.
Under development for NASA Artemis V mission — $3.4B contract awarded in 2023. Targeting late 2020s landing.