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Impulse Space’s 2026 Mars mission with Relativity Space is planned to be the first commercial mission to the red planet.
Relativity Space attempted the first launch of its small Terran 1 vehicle from Cape Canaveral on 2023-03-22 and the rocket failed to reach orbit after demonstrating 3D-printed hardware integrity.
Relativity plans to expand its existing facility in Cape Canaveral in preparation for Terran R launches.
Relativity’s debut flight of the 3D-printed Terran 1 launched from Florida but failed to reach orbit after an issue about three minutes into the mission.
Relativity Space shifted Terran R’s targeted first launch to 2026 after redesigning the vehicle on 2023-04-12.
Relativity announced the Terran R in 2021 and raised $650,000,000 in that fundraising round.
Iridium held a contract for up to six Terran 1 launches of replacement satellites and contracted five of those remaining spares to SpaceX in September 2022, leaving at most one launch with Relativity.
Relativity Space planned to begin Aeon R turbopump testing in the months following February 2023 ahead of full engine testing in 2023.
Relativity Space plans to build a secondary launch pad adjacent to its existing Terran 1 test and launch facilities at Space Launch Complex 16.
Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket experienced a failure on its first launch on 2023-03-22.
Terran R is a much larger, fully reusable launch vehicle that Relativity Space is developing with a target for first launch as soon as 2024.
Relativity Space is scheduled to launch its Terran 1 rocket named GLHF (Good Luck, Have Fun) from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Relativity Space will attempt the first launch of its Terran 1 rocket on 2023-03-08 between 1 and 4 p.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Relativity Space will build test stands, office buildings, and a vehicle hangar on more than 150 acres at Stennis Space Center.
Relativity Space will expand its engine test site at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
On 2022-10-18, Relativity Space provided plans to operate one of the largest rocket engine test facilities in the United States.
Full Aeon R engine tests are tracking to occur in late 2023 at Relativity Space’s expanded Stennis facilities.
Relativity Space is testing its smaller Terran 1 rocket at its Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch site for a first launch later this summer.
Relativity Space will launch Impulse Space’s Mars Cruise Vehicle and Mars Lander from Cape Canaveral, Florida under an exclusive agreement that extends through 2029.
Relativity Space has produced four generations of Stargate printers, with the most recent generation increasing print speed by 10 times over the prior generation.