Lockheed To Develop Hefty Space Transporter For Blue Origin Lander

Stage 1 qualification tank

Lockheed’s cislunar transporter would launch separately on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket. A Stage 1 qualification tank (pictured) was in the tank cleaning and processing facility in November. 

Credit: Blue Origin
After years of developing technologies for in-space cryogenic propellant storage and transfer, Lockheed Martin is putting together the pieces of an operational system for Blue Origin as well as other potential customers. The company’s cislunar transporter would be tasked with refueling Blue Origin’s...

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