New Shepard booster
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The New Shepard booster is Blue Origin’s reusable suborbital rocket stage designed to carry a crew capsule to the edge of space and return for vertical powered landings.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| New Shepard booster 4 (NS4) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
reusable suborbital rocket stage
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rocket booster ⓘ |
| capsuleCarried | New Shepard crew capsule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crewCapacityWithCapsule | up to six people ⓘ |
| designGoal |
rapid reusability
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reduced launch costs for suborbital missions ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer | Blue Origin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | BE-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment | suborbital space environment ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2015 ⓘ |
| firstSuccessfulVerticalLanding | 2015-11-23 ⓘ |
| flightControl | aerodynamic fins and thrust vector control ⓘ |
| flightDuration | approximately 10 to 11 minutes per mission ⓘ |
| flightEnvironment | high dynamic pressure during ascent and descent ⓘ |
| flightProfileApogee |
above Kármán line
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over 100 kilometers altitude ⓘ |
| fuelType | cryogenic propellants ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | autonomous guidance and control ⓘ |
| landingGear | deployable landing legs ⓘ |
| landingMethod | retro-propulsion ⓘ |
| landingProfile | vertical powered landing ⓘ |
| landingSite | designated landing pad near launch site ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | single-stage booster with crew capsule on top ⓘ |
| launchProfile | vertical takeoff ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Blue Origin West Texas Launch Site
NERFINISHED
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Corn Ranch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSiteLocation | near Van Horn, Texas ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Blue Origin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market | commercial suborbital flights ⓘ |
| missionType | suborbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alan Shepard (via New Shepard system name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Blue Origin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| partOf | New Shepard launch system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
microgravity research
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space tourism ⓘ |
| program | New Shepard program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propellantType | liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| propulsionType | liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ |
| reusability | designed for vertical takeoff and vertical landing ⓘ |
| reusabilityFeature | multiple flights per booster ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | separate crew capsule with escape capability (system-level) ⓘ |
| separationEvent | separates from crew capsule near apogee ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| thrustSource | single BE-3 engine ⓘ |
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flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20
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New Shepard booster
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subject surface form:
Flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20
this entity surface form:
New Shepard booster 4 (NS4)
flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20
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New Shepard booster
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subject surface form:
Flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20