The platform is to be capable of refueling, transporting, and hosting satellites.
In total, the platform can carry up to 3.0 t (6,600 lb) of payload, depending on the target orbit.
Other capabilities of Blue Ring include thermal management, communications relaying, and spacecraft refueling.
[2][3] The spacecraft is to use a combination of chemical and electric propulsion—chemical propulsion for major maneuvers and electric propulsion for station-keeping maneuvers or to reduce the propellant demands of orbit changes.
[2] Blue Ring is designed to be launch-vehicle agnostic, allowing launch aboard carrier rockets with EELV-class 5 m (16 ft) fairings such as the Vulcan Centaur, Falcon 9, and Atlas V. The platform is also to be launched on Blue Origin's own New Glenn space launch vehicle.