Blue Origin New Shepard NS-4

Name: Blue Origin New Shepard NS-4
Start: 2016-04-02T16:18:00.000Z
Location: West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch

New Shepard

Status

Success

Date

2 APR 2016

16:18

Launch Provider

Blue Origin

Launch Pad

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch

Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

Mission Overview

The fourth flight for Blue Origin. The capsule reached an apogee of 103.8 kilometers.

Rocket

New Shepard

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.

Height

15 m

Diameter

3.7 m

Launch Mass

75 T

Thrust

490 kN