Relativity Space is an American aerospace manufacturing company focused on revolutionizing rocket production through 3D printing, AI, and autonomous robotics. As a launch provider, they are developing reusable rockets like Terran R to offer cost-effective and high-performance launch services for commercial and government customers. Relativity Space has partnerships with NASA, U.S. Air Force, Spaceflight Industries, Momentus, OneWeb and Intelsat, with a long-term goal of establishing an industrial base on Mars. Associated keywords: 3D printing, launch vehicles, commercial spaceflight, Terran R, Stargate printers.
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OneWeb will launch some of its next-generation satellites on Relativity Space’s next-generation launch vehicle starting as soon as 2025.
Relativity will launch OneWeb missions from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Relativity deployed the fourth generation of its Stargate printers, improving the prior generation’s print speed by 10 times.
Relativity Space tripled in size since 2020 and now employs more than 800 people across Long Beach, Vandenberg, Seattle, Washington D.C., Stennis, and Cape Canaveral locations.
Relativity Space signed a multi-year, multi-launch Launch Services Agreement with OneWeb.
Relativity Space will launch OneWeb’s low Earth orbit satellites on Terran R starting in 2025.
Relativity Space has five signed customers for Terran R with multiple launches totaling more than $1,200,000,000 in backlog.
Pixxel raised $25,000,000 in Series A funding from Radical Ventures, Seraphim Space Capital, Jordan Noone (Relativity Space co-founder), Lightspeed Partners, Blume Ventures, and Sparta LLC.
Blue Origin and Relativity Space plan to make their debut launches sometime 2022.
Telesat announced separate 2019 contracts with Blue Origin and Relativity Space for an unspecified number of New Glenn and Terran 1 launches for Lightspeed.
Telesat announced separate 2019 contracts with Blue Origin and Relativity Space for an unspecified number of New Glenn and Terran 1 launches for Lightspeed.
Relativity Space’s Terran 1, Firefly’s Alpha, and ABL’s RS1 advertise capabilities to deliver 1,000 kg or more to low Earth orbit.
Relativity Space leased Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral to launch its Terran 1 vehicle.
In December 2021 Relativity Space completed a rainbird test from launch pad LC-16, where rainbirds are part of the water system used to mitigate acoustics at liftoff.
In December 2021 Relativity Space built a new dual-bay test stand called the E4B test stand at NASA Stennis Space Center in Stennis, Mississippi.
Astra Space, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space won VCLS Demo 2 contracts in 2020 for missions launching in 2023.
On 2022-01-27 in Long Beach, California, Relativity Space was selected by NASA as one of 12 companies to provide launch services under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions.
ABL Space Systems and Relativity Space raised large private funding rounds in 2021.
Small launch providers Relativity Space and ABL Space Systems won contracts to launch military payloads and targeted first flights in 2022.
Playground Global previously led Relativity Space’s $35,000,000 Series B round in 2018.