Head to head

Falcon Heavy vs New Glenn

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

Falcon Heavy: 63,800 kg

New Glenn: 45,000 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	Falcon Heavy	New Glenn
Flights flown	14	3
Success rate	100%	66.7%
Payload to LEO (kg)	63,800	45,000
Payload to GTO (kg)	26,700	13,000
Liftoff thrust (kN)	22,819	17,126
Length (m)	70	98
Diameter (m)	12.2	7
Stages	3	2

Falcon Heavy

Flight record

100% success rate14 of 14 flown

2018peak 2023 · 5 flights2026

Maiden flight 2018-02-06. Still flying.

New Glenn

Flight record

66.7% success rate2 of 3 flown · 1 failed

2025peak 2026 · 4 flights2026

Maiden flight 2025-01-16. Still flying.

Falcon Heavy is built by SpaceX of the United States (company profile on Space Index).New Glenn is built by Blue Origin of the United States (company profile on Space Index).

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Falcon Heavy · New Glenn.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.