The Beal BA-2 is a three-stage launcher, built entirely from private money, which will begin service in 2002 launching satellites weighing up to 6,000 kg (13,200 lb) to GTO from Beal's launch site on Sombrero Island.   The BA-2 is 64.6 meters (212 feet) tall and 6.2 meters (20.4 ft) in diameter and will weight approximately 970 tons (2.1 Mlbm) at liftoff.

Each stage of the Beal Aerospace BA-2 has a single, pressure fed kerosene and hydrogen peroxide engine.  Beal is developing all aspects of the launch vehicle, including the engines.  As of May 1999, Beal had constructed and tested a 30,000 lbf third stage engine.  Once the design has been perfected, the third stage engine will be scaled up to power the first and second stages.  When completed, the first stage engine will deliver more than 1,500 tons of thrust and be the largest engine ever developed.   The structure and tanks of the BA-2 will be constructed almost entirely of composite filament wound structures, permitting the pressure vessels to be lightweight, highly durable and strong.