# Mars Lander: robot model

Canonical ID: `3a98969b-7cc5-482e-ad98-10fa747777c1`

- **Slug:** mars-lander
- **Form factor:** space
- **Maturity stage:** research
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

- **role:** planetary lander
- **target:** 2026
- **autonomy:** autonomous EDL (entry, descent, landing)
- **propulsion:** Saiph (cruise) + Rigel (descent)
- **launch_vehicle:** Relativity Space Terran R

## Deployments

- [mars-lander-relativity-2026](/deployments/mars-lander-relativity-2026.md) at Mars (id: `19d48c70-7945-42f7-9f17-2aa048f6b3fb`)

## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Mars Lander?

Commercial robotic Mars lander under joint development with Relativity Space. Impulse provides Mars Cruise Vehicle, Entry Capsule, and Lander (including Saiph cruise thrusters and Rigel descent engine). Relativity provides Terran R launch from Cape Canaveral. Target launch: 2026 (slipped from 2024). Heritage from NASA InSight lander architecture.

### Who makes Mars Lander?

Mars Lander is made by Impulse Space, based in Redondo Beach, California, USA, founded in 2021.

### Where is Mars Lander deployed?

1 verified deployment of Mars Lander is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Mars.

### What is Mars Lander's maturity stage?

Mars Lander is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.impulsespace.com/updates/impulse-space-and-relativity-space-announce-first-commercial-mission-to-mars

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