California-based startup Relativity Space called off the planned debut launch of its 3D-printed rocket in Florida on Wednesday (March 8) over fuel temperature concerns, delaying a key test of the company's novel strategy for cutting manufacturing costs. The 110-foot-tall (35-meter) Terran 1 rocket, 85 per cent of which was fabricated from a 3D-printer, had been scheduled to lift off from...
Relativity Space's 3D-printed rocket Terran 1 sits is rolled out to the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in this Dec 7, 2022 photograph released ahead of its scheduled launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 8, 2023.California-based startup Relativity Space called off the planned debut launch of its 3D-printed rocket in Florida on Wednesday over fuel temperature concerns, delaying a key test of the company's novel strategy for cutting manufacturing costs.
The company said the rocket's next launch attempt is scheduled for Saturday in a window from 1pm to 4pm. The inaugural Terran 1 launch is intended to validate the company's supposition that its rocket's 3D-printed structure can withstand the forces of a launch off Earth. "First launches of new rockets are notoriously prone to have different reasons that they need the scrub," Brost said. "So it would not be at all unlikely for us to even need a couple of attempts to get through the countdown and lift off for our inaugural launch.
OneWeb will launch its next-generation satellites on Relativity's Terran R, the companies announced last year.
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