Wait for it, it’s worth it.📍@NASAStennis, E2 Test Cell🛠️ Aeon R Gas Generator🔥Throttle Sweeps
💡 What are throttle sweeps?Throttle sweeps refer to a type of test where the throttle setting of an engine or component are gradually varied (or "swept") across its full range, from minimum to maximum power, and sometimes back down again.
❓ What’s the purpose of throttle sweeps?Throttle sweeps assess how components perform across the entire spectrum of its throttle capabilities, providing valuable data on its responsiveness, stability, and efficiency.
Aug 15, 2024An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform, and is autonomously positioned when on station for a landing.0:00 Blue Origin - New Glenn0:56 Relativity Space - Terran R1:42 Rocket Lab - Neutron2:54 China's - Long March 10
Aug 16, 2024You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to help build rockets—hear us out. Strong engineering fundamentals, creative thinking, and teamwork are core principles that drive our team. With backgrounds ranging from agriculture to electric vehicles, aviation, consulting, and architecture, it takes a wide range of skills to build, test, and launch a rocket.
Clean sheet design 🤝 PBF Printing 🤝 Test < than 3 months. 👇
With the Aeon R main injector, we've completed 14 design print test iterations—something impossible with traditional manufacturing methods.
Each iteration boosts performance and reliability. This rapid pace is a game-changer for rocket development.
Our main injector, utilizing powder bed fusion printing, is the perfect example of PBF in practice.
Traditional designs involve thousands of precision components assembled manually. With powder bed fusion, we simplify this into a single piece that prints in just days.
And we're not talking small tweaks—think large-scale form factor and architecture redesigns. This lets us continuously respond to test data and make real-time improvements.
Take the full deep dive into Aeon R manufacturing and testing:
Flight hardware for Terran R is in full swing! More updates over coming weeks, and continued big news 👀 @relativityspace
Are you guys going to beat Rocket Lab’s Neutron?
Yes. lol.
Time to take a look at Terran R’s payload envelope, designed to strike the perfect balance of payload capacity 🤝 launch frequency 🤝 mass-to-orbit efficiency. 📸: fairing with humans for scale 🚶
From day 1, we designed Terran R with customer needs front and center. Industry analysts predict that over 20,000 satellites will need to reach space by 2030 — and they'll need a ride! 🚀 With most payloads consisting of a dozen or more satellites, each with a mass of up to 1,000 kg, Terran R steps in with the capability to launch up to 23,500 kg into orbit.
https://x.com/relativityspace/status/1828884728025678105QuoteTime to take a look at Terran R’s payload envelope, designed to strike the perfect balance of payload capacity 🤝 launch frequency 🤝 mass-to-orbit efficiency. 📸: fairing with humans for scale 🚶https://twitter.com/relativityspace/status/1828884731402039626QuoteFrom day 1, we designed Terran R with customer needs front and center. Industry analysts predict that over 20,000 satellites will need to reach space by 2030 — and they'll need a ride! 🚀 With most payloads consisting of a dozen or more satellites, each with a mass of up to 1,000 kg, Terran R steps in with the capability to launch up to 23,500 kg into orbit.
Brand new European space rocket Ariane-6 🚀 was launched successfully yesterday. Did you know that the tip of Ariane-6 is produced in Emmen, Switzerland🇨🇭?
Impressive but you have only Ariane 6 fairing (version 64) in your illustration. This is NOT Relativity hardware here.Here is my photo from my report at Beyond Gravity european production site in Emmen, Switzerland, 11 months ago.
⚒️ Build update: It's been one year since we announced the historic A2 test stand as the home for stage testing of Terran R, and the glow up is underway. New propellant farms are currently beginning to take shape.
Port Canaveral CEO John Murray says the port has ordered a third mobile crane with specification changes designed to enable it to lift the Relativity Terran R rocket in the future.Relativity Space is known to be working on a downrange droneship landing system for Terran R.
