| World's first 3D printed rocket set for inaugural flight
The Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is finding more and more application, may be we can have a 3D printed car in very near future. Here, the world’s first 3D printed rocket is getting ready for launch. It is scheduled to launch on today between 1 pm and 4 pm (1800 GMT to 2100 GMT). It seems the launch is getting delayed. There was a postponement of this launch earlier: it was scheduled to launch on Wednesday (8th March) and due to propellant temperature issues got it rescheduled to today. Hope that this time it will be successful. This launch will prove the viability of additive manufacturing in space technology. This is very important because it can accelerate the use of additive manufacturing technology in other fields also.
Terran 1  Quote: The world's first 3D printed rocket is scheduled to blast off from Florida on Saturday on the maiden flight of an innovative spacecraft billed as being less costly to produce and fly.
Liftoff of the rocket, Terran 1, had been scheduled for Wednesday at Cape Canaveral but was postponed at the last minute because of propellant temperature issues. The new launch window for the rocket built by California aerospace startup Relativity Space to put satellites into orbit is from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (1800 GMT to 2100 GMT) on Saturday. Terran 1 is set to reach low Earth orbit eight minutes after blastoff on a voyage intended to gather data and demonstrate that it can withstand the rigors of liftoff and space flight. If the rocket manages to attain low Earth orbit, it will be the first privately-funded vehicle using methane fuel to do so on its first try, according to Relativity. Terran 1 is not carrying a payload for its first flight but the rocket will eventually be capable of putting up to 2,755 pounds (1,250 kilograms) into low Earth orbit. The rocket is 110-feet (33.5 meters) tall with a diameter of 7.5 feet (2.2 meters) and 85 percent of its mass is 3D printed with metal alloys, including the engines. It is the largest ever 3D printed object according to the Long Beach-based company whose goal is to produce a rocket that is 95 percent 3D printed. Terran 1 is powered by Aeon engines using liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas—the "propellants of the future," according to Relativity, capable of eventually fueling a voyage to Mars.
Vulcan rockets being developed by United Launch Alliance and SpaceX's Starship use the same fuel. Terran 1 has nine 3D printed Aeon 1 engines on its first stage and one 3D printed Aeon Vacuum engine on its second stage. |
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Source: Phys.org
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