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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Relativity Space raised a $500,000,000 Series D round about six months before the Series E financing.
Relativity Space raised $650,000,000 in a Series E funding round announced 2021-06-08.
Relativity Space will manufacture Terran R in its Factory of the Future using the same printers as Terran 1.
The Aeon R and Aeon Vac engines are based on the Aeon 1 engine Relativity created for the Terran 1 small launch vehicle.
Relativity Space employed more than 400 people and planned to hire an additional 200 team members in 2021.
Relativity Space designed the Terran R to carry payloads in excess of 20,000 kg into low Earth orbit.
Telesat has lined up Blue Origin and Relativity Space as early launch providers for Lightspeed and is in talks with additional launch partners it expects to announce 2021.
Momentus was originally planned to integrate the payload on its Vigoride transfer vehicle for Lockheed Martin’s mission and to be launched in October 2023 on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 small launch vehicle.
Under Michael Brown, the Defense Innovation Unit supported emerging space launch companies Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit, and Relativity Space and selected those companies to launch experimental Department of Defense payloads.
Relativity Space builds its rockets with 3D-printed components at a factory in Long Beach, California.
Relativity Space was selected to launch a small U.S. military payload to orbit in 2023 using a 3D-printed rocket.
Relativity Space is the third launch provider selected by the Defense Innovation Unit for the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative since the program started in 2017.
Relativity Space plans to develop a larger Terran R reusable launch vehicle to compete with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Relativity Space received its first Defense Department contract on 2023-03-15 to launch a DoD Space Test Program mission.
Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity are either building new launch facilities or have announced plans to launch from Cape Canaveral.
Relativity Space raised $500,000,000 in November 2020 to support its long-term plans for a small launch vehicle with payload performance in the same class as Alpha.
NASA awarded contracts to Astra Space, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space for the Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) Demo 2 program on 2020-12-11.
The combined value of the VCLS Demo 2 contracts awarded to Astra Space, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space is $16,700,000.
Relativity submitted a bid of $3,000,000 for VCLS Demo 2.
Relativity Space received a $3,000,000 VCLS 2 contract.