Blue Origin is increasing the engine count on its New Glenn rocket to enhance its payload capacity.

"Blue Origin supersizes New Glenn rocket to send heavier payloads to Earth orbit and beyond" by GeekWire / @alanboyle - Additional new planned variant of #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn rocket ups 1st stage from 7 to 9 engines and 2nd stage from 2 to 4 engines. So the current variant is called 7x2 and new is 9x4. This positions 9x4 payload capacity heaver than SpaceX's Falcon Heavy but less than Starship. So far NG7x2 has flown twice. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-supersizes-new-glenn-rocket/ #NewSpace #space #business #spacegeek

Blue Origin supersizes its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Just a week after a successful launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it will make New Glenn even heavier. The new super-heavy-lift variant of Blue Origin’s most powerful rocket, known as New Glenn 9×4, will feature nine methane-fueled BE-4 engines on the fir https://cosmiclog.com/2025/11/20/blue-origin-supersizes-its-heavy-lift-new-glenn-rocket/ #GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space