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You’ve asked, “Wen Launch?” and to that, we say...👇 Catch us live at Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral, FL on March 8, 2023 to watch the world’s first 3D printed rocket fly. 🚀 #GLHF

You’ve asked, “Wen Launch?” and to that, we say...👇 Catch us live at Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral, FL on March 8, 2023 to watch the world’s first 3D printed rocket fly. 🚀 #GLHF

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Running some more dev tests with Aeon R TCA this week, reaching up to 75% range 🔥 Those clean plumes though 🤌

Running some more dev tests with Aeon R TCA this week, reaching up to 75% range 🔥 Those clean plumes though 🤌

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🏗️ Launch Complex 16 build update: the first propellant tanks have been installed. Once completed, the propellant farm will store over 1 million gallons of liquid natural gas and liquid oxygen for Terran R.

🏗️ Launch Complex 16 build update: the first propellant tanks have been installed. Once completed, the propellant farm will store over 1 million gallons of liquid natural gas and liquid oxygen for Terran R.

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Our launchpad is rising at Cape Canaveral’s LC-16, where Terran R’s future flights will lift off. Construction is progressing across key areas: the horizontal integration facility is underway, foundation work for the water tower is in progress, and the east flume wall of the diverter pit is now complete.

Our launchpad is rising at Cape Canaveral’s LC-16, where Terran R’s future flights will lift off. Construction is progressing across key areas: the horizontal integration facility is underway, foundation work for the water tower is in progress, and the east flume wall of the diverter pit is now complete.

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PSA: Allow me to reintroduce myself #TerranR

PSA: Allow me to reintroduce myself #TerranR

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Design, build, test, repeat. Or, in the words of Clay Walker: build it, blow it up, repeat. Since its commissioning in 2023, our dual-bay engine test stand at Stennis Space Center has supported over 175 engine hot fires—and counting. Learn more about the role of rapid iteration, additive manufacturing, and block upgrades (and catch some 💥):

Design, build, test, repeat. Or, in the words of Clay Walker: build it, blow it up, repeat. Since its commissioning in 2023, our dual-bay engine test stand at Stennis Space Center has supported over 175 engine hot fires—and counting. Learn more about the role of rapid iteration, additive manufacturing, and block upgrades (and catch some 💥):

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📣 Aeon R Mission Duty Cycle complete!!! Last night Stennis Space Center #AeonR burned in a flight-like configuration for 143 seconds at 70% power – marking a record-breaking pace for engine development and a very speedy 48-hour turnaround from Aeon R's first ever hot fires to successfully completing a full flight duration burn. < 2 days Aeon Rs first hot fires ➡️ Full MDC < 3 months ➡️ Powerpack install, testing, conversion to full engine, hot fires < 1 year empty land ➡️ dual-bay vertical engine test stand ≤ 2 years ➡️ 1,000+ Aeon R component level tests

📣 Aeon R Mission Duty Cycle complete!!! Last night Stennis Space Center #AeonR burned in a flight-like configuration for 143 seconds at 70% power – marking a record-breaking pace for engine development and a very speedy 48-hour turnaround from Aeon R's first ever hot fires to successfully completing a full flight duration burn. < 2 days Aeon Rs first hot fires ➡️ Full MDC < 3 months ➡️ Powerpack install, testing, conversion to full engine, hot fires < 1 year empty land ➡️ dual-bay vertical engine test stand ≤ 2 years ➡️ 1,000+ Aeon R component level tests

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Exciting times at Relativity! We’ve completed the vehicle-level critical design review for Terran R and begun flight production. It's full steam ahead towards first launch and beyond. 🚀 Catch up on the latest developments with our in-depth program update:

Exciting times at Relativity! We’ve completed the vehicle-level critical design review for Terran R and begun flight production. It's full steam ahead towards first launch and beyond. 🚀 Catch up on the latest developments with our in-depth program update:

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157,613 просмотров • 1 год назад

Fired up our first Aeon R engine hot fires this week. Sound on. 🎯 10 seconds of fire. ✔️ Validated component harmony during start up, at target power (70%), and shutdown. 🏅️ Strong start to test campaign. Initial hardware inspections look healthy. 🔜 Longer duration. More power. More blue fire. 📍Stennis Space Center R Complex, new dual-bay vertical engine test stand

Fired up our first Aeon R engine hot fires this week. Sound on. 🎯 10 seconds of fire. ✔️ Validated component harmony during start up, at target power (70%), and shutdown. 🏅️ Strong start to test campaign. Initial hardware inspections look healthy. 🔜 Longer duration. More power. More blue fire. 📍Stennis Space Center R Complex, new dual-bay vertical engine test stand

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It’s launch day. #GLHF

It’s launch day. #GLHF

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On the test stand Aeon R fires at 100% power for 180 seconds 🔥 📍 Stennis Space Center, R Complex 🚀 180 seconds of hot fire = the max duration for a Terran R first stage flight plus margin. 🔁 Test, learn, iterate, repeat.

On the test stand Aeon R fires at 100% power for 180 seconds 🔥 📍 Stennis Space Center, R Complex 🚀 180 seconds of hot fire = the max duration for a Terran R first stage flight plus margin. 🔁 Test, learn, iterate, repeat.

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Test campaigns and infrastructure are scaling alongside hardware production. 📍 Stennis Space Center ✔️ Aeon V second stage engine testing, including a 526.5-second endurance demonstration ✔️ Aeon R first stage engine acceptance testing continues ✔️ Hangar roof structure completed with sheeting installation underway ✔️ Live ring lift installation complete ✔️ Fluid lines being machined and routed ✔️ Flume work progressing with new service platforms delivered

Test campaigns and infrastructure are scaling alongside hardware production. 📍 Stennis Space Center ✔️ Aeon V second stage engine testing, including a 526.5-second endurance demonstration ✔️ Aeon R first stage engine acceptance testing continues ✔️ Hangar roof structure completed with sheeting installation underway ✔️ Live ring lift installation complete ✔️ Fluid lines being machined and routed ✔️ Flume work progressing with new service platforms delivered

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Terran R build is continuing to ramp up this fall. From avionic builds to expanding of our machine shop capabilities and more. 🔥In prop, teams completed assembly of the second Aeon R engine for first flight and reduced average cycle times across key engine components by 50%. 💻The avionics team is building the flight hub box, which will serve as Terran R’s central node for routing data and distributing power to critical systems. 🚀Welding of the first stage tank is progressing with 3 circumferential friction stir welds now complete.

Terran R build is continuing to ramp up this fall. From avionic builds to expanding of our machine shop capabilities and more. 🔥In prop, teams completed assembly of the second Aeon R engine for first flight and reduced average cycle times across key engine components by 50%. 💻The avionics team is building the flight hub box, which will serve as Terran R’s central node for routing data and distributing power to critical systems. 🚀Welding of the first stage tank is progressing with 3 circumferential friction stir welds now complete.

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On the factory floor, Terran R vehicle integration continues to advance. ✅ Second stage harnesses and raceway covers built. ✅ COPV leak test completed and common dome baffle installation underway. ✅ First stage tank integration progressing with weld buy-offs, instrumentation bracket installs, and machining. ✅ Aeon V and Aeon R engines manufactured, assembled, and shipped.

On the factory floor, Terran R vehicle integration continues to advance. ✅ Second stage harnesses and raceway covers built. ✅ COPV leak test completed and common dome baffle installation underway. ✅ First stage tank integration progressing with weld buy-offs, instrumentation bracket installs, and machining. ✅ Aeon V and Aeon R engines manufactured, assembled, and shipped.

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Terran R build is advancing across the vehicle and scaling for future flights. ✓ Stage 2 tank mechanical assembly complete with LOX lid, thrust cone, and headband installed ✓ Stage 2 HITL avionics boxes ready, enabling pre-installation verification and software testing ✓ Stage 1 downcomer fully welded and began acceptance testing ✓ Thrust structure internal trays installed; leak check completed on outer ring ✓ Second CFSW installed and HFSW producing stringer to panel sub-weldments for future flights

Terran R build is advancing across the vehicle and scaling for future flights. ✓ Stage 2 tank mechanical assembly complete with LOX lid, thrust cone, and headband installed ✓ Stage 2 HITL avionics boxes ready, enabling pre-installation verification and software testing ✓ Stage 1 downcomer fully welded and began acceptance testing ✓ Thrust structure internal trays installed; leak check completed on outer ring ✓ Second CFSW installed and HFSW producing stringer to panel sub-weldments for future flights

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December capped off a year of rapid Terran R progress across design, build, test and launch – setting the stage for a defining year ahead. 🏗️ Build: Hardware advanced across tanks, interstage, thrust structure, and propulsion, with work already underway beyond first flight. 🔥Test: Six engines on-site at Stennis Space Center in a single day, as simultaneous acceptance and development test campaigns accelerated. 🌴Launch: At LC-16, construction shifted toward facility outfitting and launch operations planning.

December capped off a year of rapid Terran R progress across design, build, test and launch – setting the stage for a defining year ahead. 🏗️ Build: Hardware advanced across tanks, interstage, thrust structure, and propulsion, with work already underway beyond first flight. 🔥Test: Six engines on-site at Stennis Space Center in a single day, as simultaneous acceptance and development test campaigns accelerated. 🌴Launch: At LC-16, construction shifted toward facility outfitting and launch operations planning.

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👀 Experience Aeon R’s first full-size, fully 3D-printed skirt in action during the latest thrust chamber assembly testing campaign Stennis Space Center. *sound on

👀 Experience Aeon R’s first full-size, fully 3D-printed skirt in action during the latest thrust chamber assembly testing campaign Stennis Space Center. *sound on

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Sound ON 🔊an Aeon R engine at work.

Sound ON 🔊an Aeon R engine at work.

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Terran R Build Progress – The past 2 months have been packed with rapid advancements across design, manufacturing, and testing. From welded barrels to hot fires, checkout some of the highlights on the path to first flight. 🚀 In Long Beach: Completed the first circumferential friction stir weld for flight hardware, joining the stage 2 common dome to the stage 2 LOX barrel. 🔥 Over at Stennis Space Center hot fire testing continues with thrust vector control (TVC) motion up to 5.5 degrees, the maximum range of the stand! 🏗️ At LC-16 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first steel columns for Terran R’s horizontal integration facility were erected. 👉

Terran R Build Progress – The past 2 months have been packed with rapid advancements across design, manufacturing, and testing. From welded barrels to hot fires, checkout some of the highlights on the path to first flight. 🚀 In Long Beach: Completed the first circumferential friction stir weld for flight hardware, joining the stage 2 common dome to the stage 2 LOX barrel. 🔥 Over at Stennis Space Center hot fire testing continues with thrust vector control (TVC) motion up to 5.5 degrees, the maximum range of the stand! 🏗️ At LC-16 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first steel columns for Terran R’s horizontal integration facility were erected. 👉

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On the test stand: Aeon R engines are running gimbaled testing, verifying thrust vector control systems with integrated TVCAs and the same front-to-back communication loop planned for stage testing.

On the test stand: Aeon R engines are running gimbaled testing, verifying thrust vector control systems with integrated TVCAs and the same front-to-back communication loop planned for stage testing.

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Terran R is coming to life: ️✔ Stage 2 tank integration advancing with all cryogenic COPVs installed ✔️ Stage 1 tank moved into an integration lane following circumferential friction stir welding ✔ Thrust structure fire ceiling and avionics tray installation complete; harness routing underway ✔️ Interstage forward barrel completed machining on the vertical turning lathe

Terran R is coming to life: ️✔ Stage 2 tank integration advancing with all cryogenic COPVs installed ✔️ Stage 1 tank moved into an integration lane following circumferential friction stir welding ✔ Thrust structure fire ceiling and avionics tray installation complete; harness routing underway ✔️ Interstage forward barrel completed machining on the vertical turning lathe

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🗓️ March 22, 2023: Terran 1 went to space. GG. #GLHF

🗓️ March 22, 2023: Terran 1 went to space. GG. #GLHF

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Terran R build momentum continues, with flight hardware in full swing for first launch and beyond. ✔️Stage 2 tank completed acceptance testing and returned to the factory for integration, NDE, modal testing, and COPV installation ✔️Interstage forward barrel completed mechanical assembly; aft barrel cleared weld inspection and entered assembly ✔️Stage 1 downcomer inner tube welded to the mainline stack, measuring 57 ft long ✔️Thrust structure avionics tray installation nearing completion; feedlines and manifolds fabricated by the tube shop ✔️Flight two thrust structure in progress, enabling scalable production beyond first flight

Terran R build momentum continues, with flight hardware in full swing for first launch and beyond. ✔️Stage 2 tank completed acceptance testing and returned to the factory for integration, NDE, modal testing, and COPV installation ✔️Interstage forward barrel completed mechanical assembly; aft barrel cleared weld inspection and entered assembly ✔️Stage 1 downcomer inner tube welded to the mainline stack, measuring 57 ft long ✔️Thrust structure avionics tray installation nearing completion; feedlines and manifolds fabricated by the tube shop ✔️Flight two thrust structure in progress, enabling scalable production beyond first flight

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22,591 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

Steel is rising in Cape Canaveral! The first steel columns for Terran R’s horizontal integration facility are now standing tall at Launch Complex 16. Behind the scenes, work is rapidly advancing on the pad infrastructure and support systems—laying the groundwork for future launches. From civil engineering and logistics to systems engineering, building a launch site takes a diverse team with skills that translate far beyond aerospace. Join the Cape team:

Steel is rising in Cape Canaveral! The first steel columns for Terran R’s horizontal integration facility are now standing tall at Launch Complex 16. Behind the scenes, work is rapidly advancing on the pad infrastructure and support systems—laying the groundwork for future launches. From civil engineering and logistics to systems engineering, building a launch site takes a diverse team with skills that translate far beyond aerospace. Join the Cape team:

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At Cape Canaveral, the focus has shifted from below-grade and design development to facility outfitting and concept of operations planning. ✓ Siding and insulation installation continues on the horizontal integration facility ✓ Above-grade concrete poured for the launch mount ✓ Cross-country piping and water tower tank welding advancing ✓ Structural steel going vertical for the pad support facility ✓ Construction began on the engineering support building

At Cape Canaveral, the focus has shifted from below-grade and design development to facility outfitting and concept of operations planning. ✓ Siding and insulation installation continues on the horizontal integration facility ✓ Above-grade concrete poured for the launch mount ✓ Cross-country piping and water tower tank welding advancing ✓ Structural steel going vertical for the pad support facility ✓ Construction began on the engineering support building

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20,236 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

From Space Beach and the Space Coast, Terran R hardware and infrastructure are coming to life across design, build, test and launch. 🏭 On the factory floor teams installed the second stage downcomer and forward test adapter on the tank in preparation for acceptance testing, with continued progress on first stage fuel tank build. 🖥️ Teams completed thrust structure hardware-in-the-loop hardware integration, creating a testbed for software, avionics, and partner teams to validate designs and automation before use on the vehicle.

From Space Beach and the Space Coast, Terran R hardware and infrastructure are coming to life across design, build, test and launch. 🏭 On the factory floor teams installed the second stage downcomer and forward test adapter on the tank in preparation for acceptance testing, with continued progress on first stage fuel tank build. 🖥️ Teams completed thrust structure hardware-in-the-loop hardware integration, creating a testbed for software, avionics, and partner teams to validate designs and automation before use on the vehicle.

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26,996 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад