Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin builds launch vehicles, lunar landers, spacecraft and rocket engines for civil, commercial and national security customers. ↗
| Headquarters | Kent, Washington ↗ |
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| Founded | 2000 ↗ |
| Founders | Jeff Bezos, founder ↗ |
| Leadership | Dave Limp, CEO ↗ |
| Department of War obligations | $400 million in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗ |
| Ownership | Private ↗ |
| Website | www.blueorigin.com ↗ |
Products
- New Glenn is Blue Origin's giant, reusable rocket. ↗
- Blue Moon is Blue Origin's family of lunar landers. ↗
- TeraWave is Blue Origin's space-based connectivity offering for critical operations. ↗
- Blue Ring is an all-in-one, high-powered spacecraft. ↗
- Blue Origin designs rocket engines for every mission. ↗
- Exploration Systems makes space mining robots and systems that collect and process samples. ↗
- LEO Destinations are mixed-use destinations in low Earth orbit for commerce, research and tourism. ↗
- Blue Origin's Quartz ground station network began a global rollout in August 2026, planned across nine sites by the end of the year. ↗
Customers
- NASA contracted Blue Origin in May 2023 to develop, test and deploy the Blue Moon landing system for the Artemis V mission. ↗
- NASA selected Blue Origin in September 2026 to develop and deliver a Mars Telecommunications Orbiter for its Mars Telecommunications Network. ↗
- Blue Origin and the Air Force Research Laboratory's Rocket and Space Propulsion Division announced an expanded partnership in September 2026 to develop new rocket propulsion technologies. ↗
- United Launch Alliance buys Blue Origin's BE-4 engines, which power its Vulcan rocket. ↗