BE-4

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The BE-4 is Blue Origin’s next-generation methane-fueled rocket engine designed to power modern heavy-lift launch vehicles such as United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liquid rocket engine
rocket engine
announced 2014
application commercial launch services
orbital launch
associatedProgram New Glenn program
linked to: New Glenn

Vulcan launch system
coolingMethod regenerative cooling
countryOfOrigin United States
customer Blue Origin
United Launch Alliance
cycleType oxygen-rich staged combustion
designer Blue Origin
developedByOrganizationType private aerospace company
developedFor Blue Origin New Glenn
linked to: Blue Origin

United Launch Alliance Vulcan
developmentStart early 2010s
engineType booster-class engine
firstFlightCustomer United Launch Alliance
firstFlightVehicle Vulcan Centaur
fuel methane
fuelTypeCategory methalox
generation next-generation rocket engine
intendedUse booster engine
first-stage engine
manufacturer Blue Origin
marketRole commercial booster engine
notableFeature first large U.S. production methane-fueled booster engine
numberOfEnginesOnNewGlennFirstStage 7
numberOfEnginesOnVulcanBooster 2
oxidizer liquid oxygen
primaryMaterialUseCase heavy-lift launch vehicles
propellantFeed turbopump-fed
propellantType liquefied natural gas (LNG)
liquid oxygen (LOX)
replacesEngineClass hydrocarbon booster engines
reusability designed for reuse
status operational
testLocation Van Horn, Texas
West Texas test site
thrustClass 2.4 MN class
thrustSeaLevel approximately 2,400 kN
thrustVacuum approximately 2,400 kN
usedOnVehicle New Glenn
Vulcan Centaur
Vulcan rocket
linked to: Vulcan Centaur

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