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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #560 on: 06/14/2022 11:33 pm »


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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #562 on: 06/16/2022 08:46 pm »
Check out this QD (Quick Disconnect) Separation Test recently conducted at our facilities in #LongBeach. The Stage 2 QDs allow launch operations to fill the tanks and communicate with the vehicle while on the pad, but to be successful, it must separate at launch!

https://twitter.com/relativityspace/status/1537469541776642048

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #563 on: 06/22/2022 05:53 pm »
Close-up of the Aeon Vac engine at the business end of @RelativitySpace's Terran 1, stage 2..

https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1539630117361799168

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #564 on: 06/22/2022 05:57 pm »
We’re getting closer and closer to @relativityspace’s debut launch. Progress at Cape Canaveral has gone fairly smoothly to this point, and we will hopefully see the rocket on LC-16 for testing soon!

https://twitter.com/DerekdotSpace/status/1539610616482103296

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #566 on: 06/23/2022 05:03 pm »
Relativity is falling behind; ABL's first rocket has been shipped to the pad, and Firefly has already made an attempt at orbit.
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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #567 on: 06/23/2022 05:29 pm »
Relativity is falling behind; ABL's first rocket has been shipped to the pad, and Firefly has already made an attempt at orbit.

Relativity has also shipped both stages of their first Terran 1 vehicle to the pad:

https://twitter.com/thetimellis/status/1533589118864617472

https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1539416478428147712

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #568 on: 06/23/2022 06:19 pm »

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #570 on: 06/23/2022 07:17 pm »
Relativity is falling behind; ABL's first rocket has been shipped to the pad, and Firefly has already made an attempt at orbit.
I'd say Relativity are catching up , both Firefly and ABL should've been in orbit by now. Relativity's first launch was always scheduled a year or two behind these companies.

Firefly  would've flown 2nd and most likely 3rd mission by now if it wasn't for US government them making change owners.


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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #571 on: 06/24/2022 08:12 am »
Relativity is falling behind; ABL's first rocket has been shipped to the pad

I thought that ABL's first stage had completed a static fire*, but as it turns out, they are still working towards it as of May, but had first stage on pad in April. Which is certainly ahead of Relativity, but we've yet to see statics for either. This might be close than I was expecting.

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https://spacenews.com/abl-space-systems-raises-200-million/
"ABL is preparing for its first RS1 launch late this year from Kodiak Island, Alaska, with a launch period there that extends to Dec. 15. Both stages of the vehicle have completed acceptance testing."
https://spacenews.com/abl-space-systems-completes-acceptance-testing-of-rs1-upper-stage/
"Piemont said after the recent acceptance tests that the company was now targeting “early summer” for its first launch, pending completion of acceptance tests of the first stage."

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #572 on: 06/24/2022 07:04 pm »
Relativity is falling behind; ABL's first rocket has been shipped to the pad, and Firefly has already made an attempt at orbit.
I'd say Relativity are catching up , both Firefly and ABL should've been in orbit by now. Relativity's first launch was always scheduled a year or two behind these companies.

Firefly  would've flown 2nd and most likely 3rd mission by now if it wasn't for US government them making change owners.
ABL has always been more optimistic with their schedules than Relativity. They're making clear progress now (or at least it seems so after they upped their PR after the test stand failure), but it's still slow going. Tough to say whether they've lost their lead to Relativity or if they've been neck and neck all along.

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #573 on: 06/24/2022 07:20 pm »
Relativity is falling behind; ABL's first rocket has been shipped to the pad, and Firefly has already made an attempt at orbit.
I'd say Relativity are catching up , both Firefly and ABL should've been in orbit by now. Relativity's first launch was always scheduled a year or two behind these companies.

Firefly  would've flown 2nd and most likely 3rd mission by now if it wasn't for US government them making change owners.
ABL has always been more optimistic with their schedules than Relativity. They're making clear progress now (or at least it seems so after they upped their PR after the test stand failure), but it's still slow going. Tough to say whether they've lost their lead to Relativity or if they've been neck and neck all along.

ABL was founded ~1.5-2 years after Relativity, depending on source. They've achieved roughly the same, albeit ABL has manufactured more hardware x2 S2 & x2 S1 versus Relativity' x1 S1 and x1 S2, and are currently at the same point. They've also managed that with ~550 fewer employees.

Although, It seems the engine changes ABL made post S2 failure has slowed S1 testing slightly.
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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #574 on: 06/24/2022 08:09 pm »
ABL has always been more optimistic with their schedules than Relativity.

Disagree. Both originally announced to launch in late 2020, and Relativity today is not ahead of ABL. Except for PR and show business, where Relativity is the undisputed industry leader.

No way will Terran 1 launch in summer 2022. Realistically, RS1 is NET late Q3 and Terran 1 NET  late Q4.
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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #575 on: 06/24/2022 10:39 pm »
They've achieved roughly the same, albeit ABL has manufactured more hardware x2 S2 & x2 S1 versus Relativity' x1 S1 and x1 S2, and are currently at the same point.

Relativity is at least partway through their second stage one, although ABL may be farther ahead here.

https://twitter.com/relativityspace/status/1539985977862549505

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #576 on: 06/27/2022 02:07 am »
Close-up of the @RelativitySpace team at LC-16 here in Cape Canaveral removing attachments that keep Aeon Vac and the rest of Terran 1’s second stage safe during transport from the E4 Test Facility at @NASAStennis in Mississippi..

https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1541171434910896130

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #577 on: 06/28/2022 01:44 pm »
All 9 Aeon engines up close just before being lifted onto the stand.🤩 #GLHF #RelativitySpace ..

https://twitter.com/SpaceNosey/status/1541771697438818304

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Re: Relativity Space: General Thread
« Reply #578 on: 06/28/2022 08:23 pm »
Happy #Tuesday! Check out this snap of Stage 1 being brought into the hangar at LC-16 for scale. #GLHF #RelativitySpace // captured by @TrevorMahlmann..

https://twitter.com/relativityspace/status/1541767140046303232

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