WATCH: Blue Origin Completes LNG Fueled BE-4 Rocket Engine Test at Marshall Space Flight Center

BE-4 is most powerful liquefied natural gas fueled rocket engine ever developed

WATCH: Aerospace Company, Blue Origin recently completed their first-ever next generation BE-4 hotfire engine test, at Marshall Space Flight Center’s historic Test Stand 4670 in Huntsville, Alabama. The BE-4 engine produces 550,000 pounds of thrust and is their most powerful engine to date. Courtesy: Blue Origin

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Aerospace Company, Blue Origin recently completed their first-ever next generation BE-4 hotfire engine test, at Marshall Space Flight Center’s historic Test Stand 4670 in Huntsville, Alabama. The BE-4 engine produces 550,000 pounds of thrust and is their most powerful engine to date.

According to Blue Origin, the “BE-4 is the most powerful liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled rocket engine ever developed. Using an oxygen-rich staged combustion cycle, BE-4 is capable of producing 2,400 kN (550,000 lbf) thrust with deep throttle capability.”

BE-4 engines are built at the Blue Origin plant in Huntsville, and are used on the new ULA Vulcan rocket, which is built in Decatur, Alabama.

The BE-4 engine (pictured) produces 550,000 pounds of thrust and is their most powerful engine to date. Blue Origin recently completed their first-ever next generation BE-4 hotfire engine test, at Marshall Space Flight Center’s historic Test Stand 4670 in Huntsville, Alabama. (Image: By American Diabetio – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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