Two launch countdown aborts, a wayward boat and high winds delayed the Terran 1 rocket launch.
The Terran 1 mission, called"Good Luck, Have Fun," is not carrying a payload. It is only carrying an old 3d-printed component from a failed print test by Relativity Space as a memento for the company.Relativity Space's first Terran 1 rocket is fueled for flight during its second launch attempt at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 11, 2023.satellites
into low-Earth orbit, began Saturday at 1 p.m. EST , but was delayed for more than an hour due to unacceptable high upper level winds. An attempt to launch Terran 1 at 2:35 p.m. EST was thwarted 70 seconds before liftoff by a boat that apparently drifted inside the keep-out zone of the launch safety range.
The company then attempted to launch Terran 1 at 2:42 p.m. EST , but saw an automatic abort at less than half a second before liftoff. The rocket's nine Aeon 1 engines fired up briefly then shut down due to a"launch commit criteria violation," according to launch director Clay Walker. The company later said an issue with the rocket's stage separation automation led to the abort.
A third attempt to launch the rocket on Saturday came at 4 p.m. EST , the end of the window, when another abort occurred 45 seconds before liftoff. That abort was caused by a fuel pressure issue on the second stage, which was 1 pound-per-square-inch too low, the company said via Twitter.
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