Terreno One is FCT Space's economic and 100% reusable launch system, currently being developed in our facilities in Italy.
Standing 16 meters high, Terreno One is the key for making space accessible to everyone.
Terreno One is powered by 12 engines at its first stage, while 3 vacuum-optimized engines carry the second stage in the final orbit.
3 more sea-level engines are equipped in the second stage, allowing it to return to Earth and land, as the first stage.
Both the stages run on ethanol and liquid oxygen, making missions as cheap as possible.
The first stage of the rocket has 4 grid fins at the top, for controlling its descent prior to landing.
The second stage, however, will travel at much higher speed, so it won't be capable of returning to Earth in the same way as first stage does. Therefore its body includes four autonomous flaps, two at the bottom and two at the top, for controlling the re-entry and using atmospheric drag to slow it as much as possible.
Before touching down, the second stage lights its 3 sea-level engines and flips vertically, prior to engaging its landing legs and landing safely.