Rocket Report: Norway’s nuclear rocket concerns; Ariane 6 delayed again
Enlarge / Artist's view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters on the ELA-4 launch pad together with its mobile gantry. We'll have to wait awhile longer to see flight hardware. (credit: ESA-D. Ducros)
Welcome to Edition 5.15 of the Rocket Report! We're back with the usual rocket news about launch delays and companies fundraising on the way to orbit. Speaking of raises, is it really possible that Vector Launch is raised from the dead? Read on to find out.
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Terran 1 launch may slip into 2023. Relativity Space recently completed first-stage hot-fire testing of the Terran 1 rocket, and engineers and technicians are now attaching the second stage to the rocket. In a few weeks, the completed vehicle will roll back out to Launch Complex-16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a static fire test and, assuming that goes well, a launch attempt, Ars reports. "We are confident in our tech readiness to launch this year, and we're still marching toward that," Tim Ellis, co-founder and chief executive of Relativity Space, said in an interview with Ars.