Blue Origin announces New Glenn upgrades, aims to eventually launch it more than 1,000 times a year
Company also says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at a quarter of the cost
Blue Origin announced two significant upgrades to its New Glenn rocket on Thursday, reducing manufacturing costs and expanding capacity for payload delivery to geostationary orbit and the Moon. The company said it aims to eventually position the vehicle to launch more than 1,000 times a year, and also says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at one-quarter the cost.