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Blue Origin Unveils Multi-Use Platform For Earth Orbit, Beyond
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https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/space/blue-origin-unveils-multi-use-platform-earth-orbit-beyond
> Blue Origin is unveiling the platform, named Blue Ring, on Oct. 16, along with a new business unit, In-Space Systems, to broadly market its transportation, hosting, refueling, data relay, cloud computing and other services.
> “This is going to leapfrog all of the other orbital transfer vehicles, tugs and propulsive-ESPA concepts that are out there,” Lars Hoffman, vice president government sales, said in an interview with Aerospace DAILY.
>ESPA is an acronym for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter.
> For starters, Blue Ring can host and/or deploy 1,100-lb.-class satellites on a dozen generic ESPA and ESPA Grande ports, which are 15-in. and 24-in. in dia., respectively, as well as anchor a 2-ton-class satellite on a top deck.
> A single Blue Ring can carry more than 6,660 lb. of payloads, depending on whether the spacecraft would be flown to single or multiple Earth orbits—including geostationary—and/or to Lagrange points, cislunar space, lunar orbits or even to interstellar space.
> “We have interest in launches in 2024-25,” he added. “I think the realistic first launch of Blue Ring will be 2025. We’re going to let the market dictate how rapidly this grows.”

a lot of info in the article, basically Blue Origins space tug, going to use a hybrid chemical solar electric propulsion system
the system is launch vehicle-agnostic and can be launched with F9, FH and Vulcan