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New Glenn
Heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle with a reusable first stage, designed for commercial, civil, and national security missions.
Blue OriginOrbital Reef
In Development
Commercial space station project co-led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, with partners, as a mixed-use 'business park in space' for research, industrial, international, and commercial customers in low Earth orbit, built around Sierra Space's inflatable LIFE habitat. It is the slowest-advancing of the four major US commercial-station programs and remains Blue Origin's bid for NASA's Commercial LEO Destinations Phase 2 competition (draft RFP released July 6, 2026).
Latest update Sep 13, 2026
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Current status
System Definition Review with NASA complete; design-development progress continues, but overall pace lags Axiom, Vast, and Starlab. NASA's CLDC Phase 2 final RFP is now expected at the end of September 2026, with proposals due 60 days later and award targeted for spring 2027. A late-2026 standalone LIFE pathfinder launch could not be re-confirmed.
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Specifications3
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Upcoming milestones1
Announced next steps from Blue Origin that mention Orbital Reef.
Spring 2027
Orbital Reef: NASA CLD Phase 2 bid
Orbital Reef, co-led with Sierra Space and founding partner Boeing (which is contributing a science module and plans to ferry crew via Starliner), is Blue Origin's bid for NASA's Commercial LEO Destinations Phase 2 award against Axiom, Vast, and Starlab. NASA posted a CLDC presolicitation on September 4, 2026 saying the final Phase 2 RFP is now anticipated at the end of September 2026, with offers due 60 days after release and award still targeted for spring 2027. A standalone Sierra Space LIFE pathfinder launch in late 2026 could not be re-confirmed; the near-term gate for Orbital Reef is the Phase 2 bid, not a dated inflatable demo. Watch for the final RFP drop.
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