Terran 1's first flight was also its last.
, which the company views as its future workhorse. But we didn't know that Terran 1's time would be so short — that it would get just a single chance to strut its stuff.The previous iteration was envisioned to stand 216 feet tall and be capable of lofting up to 22 tons to low Earth orbit , thanks in large part to its seven Aeon first-stage engines.
The new Terran R, however, will tower 270 feet above the ground feature 13 Aeons in its first stage. It will be able to deliver up to 26 tons to LEO in reusable mode, or a whopping 37 tons in expendable configuration. For comparison: SpaceX'sThat expendable variant is also a new development; the Terran R had previously been billed as a completely reusable rocket. The plan is now to go with an expendable upper stage, at least for the time being, atop an expendable or reusable first stage.
"I'm calling it a prioritization of first-stage reuse, just because the economic benefit is so much greater," Relativity Space co-founder and CEO Tim Ellis."And since we need to get into market, and get to a higher ramp rate as quickly as possible, it just made sense to focus company resources on that. It's a much more pragmatic initial solution."
Relativity Space had been aiming to launch Terran R for the first time in 2024. But the company is now targeting 2026 for the debut liftoff, Berger reported. That means we'll have to wait three more years for another Relativity Space launch. The second stage of Relativity Space's first Terran 1 rocket comes to life briefly after stage separation during a test launch on March 22, 2023. It failed to reach orbit.
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