# Mars Lander at Mars: deployment

Canonical ID: `19d48c70-7945-42f7-9f17-2aa048f6b3fb`

## Key facts

- **Mission:** First commercial robotic Mars lander (joint Impulse Space + Relativity Space)
- **Launch vehicle:** Relativity Space Terran R from Cape Canaveral
- **Target:** 2026 (slipped from 2024)
- **Architecture:** Mars Cruise Vehicle, Entry Capsule, and Lander with Saiph cruise thrusters + Rigel descent engine. Heritage from NASA InSight.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-07_

- **Slug:** mars-lander-relativity-2026
- **Status:** planned
- **Model:** [Mars Lander](/models/mars-lander.md) (id: `3a98969b-7cc5-482e-ad98-10fa747777c1`)
- **Company:** [Impulse Space](/companies/impulse-space.md) (id: `90becab7-664d-4140-8b1e-2703d1be7e91`)
- **Location:** [Mars](/locations/mars.md) (id: `c97e3c40-db5f-437c-a70e-357222f681f6`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. https://spacenews.com/impulse-and-relativity-target-2026-for-launch-of-first-mars-lander-mission/
2. https://www.relativityspace.com/news/relativity-impulse-mars-mission

## Common questions

### What is the Mars Lander deployment at Mars?

Mars Lander, built by Impulse Space, is recorded as a deployment at Mars on the DEPLOY registry. Impulse Space operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Mars Lander at Mars?

Impulse Space, the manufacturer of Mars Lander, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Have there been incidents at the Mars Lander deployment at Mars?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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