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Falcon Heavy is operational, and bigger than New Glenn Falcon Heavy: 65t to LEO New Glenn: 45t to LEO

• tankenmate 2y ago
  True FH has better LEO performance but NG has better GEO/GTO performance (the main difference coming from the more powerful LH2 upper stage). The difference in fuel in the NG will probably mean a higher cost for NG (amongst a host of other reasons), but the question is by how much. FH also has to fully discard all the Stage 0/1 boosters to achieve 65t LEO. SpaceX on the other hand get much better economies of scale as they launch far more frequently.
• imtringued 2y ago
  Okay, but you forgot to mention these caveats: - 65t is the fully expendable configuration - 57t is the core-expendable, side-booster only reuse configuration - 28t is the all booster reuse configuration - the payload adapter is the same as falcon 9 and therefore can only carry 18 tons - there are no plans to build payload adapters to launch payloads heavier than 18 tons And on the Blue Origin side: - Blue Origin intends to reuse the booster on every flight - Future payloads need the full 45 ton payload capacity