BE-3
Sign in to saveBE-3 (Blue Engine 3) is a cryogenic rocket engine using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as propellants. Blue Origin began BE-3 development in the early 2010s and the engine completed acceptance testing in early 2015. The BE-3PM variant is used on the New Shepard suborbital rocket, which made its first test flight on April 29, 2015, and had its first crewed flight on July 20, 2021. The BE-3U variant is used on the second stage of the New Glenn orbital rocket, which made its inaugural flight on January 16, 2025.
Key facts
- Rocket engine.name
- BE-3U
- Rocket engine.image
- Blue Origins BE-3 Rocket Engine.jpg
- Rocket engine.caption
- A BE-3PM engine undergoing testing
- Rocket engine.country_of_origin
- United States
- Rocket engine.designer
- Blue Origin
- Rocket engine.manufacturer
- Blue Origin
- Rocket engine.associated
- New Glenn
- Rocket engine.status
- In production
- Rocket engine.type
- liquid
- Rocket engine.oxidizer
- LOX
- Rocket engine.cycle
- Expander
- Rocket engine.throttle_range
- 75–100%
- Rocket engine.combustion_chamber
- 1
- Rocket engine.thrust_to_weight
- 90:1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cryogenic rocket engine
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- BE-4
- Developer
- Blue Origin
- Manufacturer
- Blue Origin
- Image
- Blue Origins BE-3 Rocket Engine.jpg
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- BE-3 (rocket engine)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Engine design
- BE-3PM
- BE-3U
- Technical specifications
- See also
- References
- External links
BE-3 (Blue Engine 3) is a cryogenic rocket engine using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as propellants. Blue Origin began BE-3 development in the early 2010s and the engine completed acceptance testing in early 2015. The BE-3PM variant is used on the New Shepard suborbital rocket, which made its first test flight on April 29, 2015, and had its first crewed flight on July 20, 2021. The BE-3U variant is used on the second stage of the New Glenn orbital rocket, which made its inaugural flight on January 16, 2025.
== History ==
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