Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:25:00
Thursday March 23, 2023
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2nd stage engine failed to reach full thrust after slow response of main valves and failure in pressure increase of the liquid oxygen turbopump. Presence of vapor bubble at the LOX pump inlet is suspected. First and only flight of Terran 1. First orbital attempt by a US liquid methane/liquid oxygen rocket. This launch is also the first orbital launch attempt from LC-16, which has previously supported 141 suborbital ballistic missile launches.
Dummy payload for first launch of Terran-1. The payload fairing is fixed and will not detach or separate.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
Relativity SpacePrice
$12.00 million
Rocket
Height: 33.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 1,250 kg
Liftoff Thrust
920 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.3m
Stages
2
Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2023
44th
Orbital launch attempt