Rocket Terran 1the first, most of whose components are made of 3d printerssuccessfully took off last night from Cape Canaveral, Florida (USA), but after passing through the atmosphere, it suffered a failure on the second stage, which prevented it from entering the planned orbit.
Despite this, takeoff rocketmade Relative spaceserved to show that 3D printing technologies viable to withstand takeoff and successfully endure Max-Q, the highest stress state for their printed structures, the company emphasized in Twitter.
“Today is a great victory, with many historic firsts.” In the coming days, “we will evaluate the flight data and provide public updates,” he concluded. Relative space.
Terran 1 and its expected release
After two unsuccessful attempts, on March 8 and 11, the rocket Terran 1 took off last night at 11:25 pm EDT (3:25 GMT), ascended in a straight line, then arced east over the Atlantic Ocean.
After two minutes and 50 seconds, the first stage engines shut down as planned and the stage was successfully separated.
Live camera installed in rocket This showed that the second stage engine started to start after a few seconds, but did not appear to be fully started. Almost 6 minutes after takeoff, the company’s commentators confirmed that the device did not go into orbit.
“Our team will carefully analyze the data to determine what happened,” one commenter said.
Terranwhich did not carry any payload at this launch, has a length of 35 meters and a diameter of 2.2 meters, and its engines arealso 3D printed- They use liquid oxygen and liquefied natural gas.
He disposable rocket of the two stages, called “Good Luck, Have Fun” (“Good Luck, Have Fun”), has nine Aeon engines in the first stage and Aeon 1 in the upper stage, and can also be delivered to low Earth orbit. load 1250 kg.
Terran 1 and 3D printing
He Terran 1 85% built with 3D printed technology, but the goal is Relative spacebased in California should reach 95% in future versions of the rocket, which will be called Terran R.
“Like its structure, all engines relativity They are fully 3D printed and use liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), which are best not only for rocket engines, but also for reuse.”
Future models he’s preparing Relative spaceFounded in 2015 by Tim Ellis and Jordan Noon, it will be reusable, exceed 60 meters in height and be able to carry up to 20,000 kg of payload into low Earth orbit.
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