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Terran 1: Launching the worlds first 3D printed rocket.
YouTube ^ | March 22, 2023 | Relativity Space

Posted on 03/22/2023 7:44:35 PM PDT by broken_clock

Relativity is scheduled for its third launch attempt of Terran 1, called "GLHF" (Good Luck, Have Fun), from Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Our launch window opens at 2200ET on March 22, 2023. This launch of Terran 1 will not include a customer payload.

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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: 3dprinting; rockets
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Third attempt to launch Terran 1.
1 posted on 03/22/2023 7:44:35 PM PDT by broken_clock
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To: broken_clock

Let us know it it was a strikeout or not. Don’t want to wait 16+ minutes. 😋


2 posted on 03/22/2023 7:49:52 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Third time’s the charm… maybe!


3 posted on 03/22/2023 7:51:17 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: broken_clock

Yeah, well let us know, definitively. 😋


4 posted on 03/22/2023 7:52:15 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

First delay was a boat down range and now they have to assess the high level winds.


5 posted on 03/22/2023 7:54:57 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: broken_clock

Pause @ T-10 min, upper level winds...


6 posted on 03/22/2023 7:55:14 PM PDT by tgslTakoma (RIP Doctor Raoul 1955-2013, RIP stand watie 1946-2021)
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To: Robert DeLong

On hold for high winds now?


7 posted on 03/22/2023 7:57:47 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: tgslTakoma

Yep. New T-0 time is 23:25 EDT.


8 posted on 03/22/2023 7:58:02 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: Robert DeLong

I keep running out my front door to watch, but then it doesn’t launch!


9 posted on 03/22/2023 8:00:00 PM PDT by rivercat
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To: rivercat

🤣


10 posted on 03/22/2023 8:09:32 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

T- 4:00


11 posted on 03/22/2023 8:21:40 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: rivercat

It looked different from other launches I’ve seen.


12 posted on 03/22/2023 8:30:01 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: broken_clock

Looks like the stage two engine isn’t lighting.


13 posted on 03/22/2023 8:30:11 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: pnz1

They use liquid methane fuel rather than RP1. Looks like Stage 1 functioned properly, and Stage 2 failed to ignite.


14 posted on 03/22/2023 8:31:57 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: broken_clock

Like the Hall and Oates song, She’s gone....Stage 2 malfunction.


15 posted on 03/22/2023 8:32:28 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: broken_clock

Might have had a stage 2 engine problem,velocity started dropping, but launch and stage one was great the blue flame was so cool


16 posted on 03/22/2023 8:33:41 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: markman46

Anyone with a natural gas stove will recognize that flame color.


17 posted on 03/22/2023 8:34:28 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: broken_clock

They need to hire an older guy with a crew cut who wears a vest.


18 posted on 03/22/2023 8:34:36 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: markman46

So does it burn up or land?


19 posted on 03/22/2023 8:39:34 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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They need to hire an older guy with a crew cut who wears a vest.

This guy? ;-)

30-D46-E60-AFC6-4-ACC-A4-A7-599816-FBB40-B

20 posted on 03/22/2023 8:41:17 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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