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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Partnering with Momentus enables Relativity Space to address missions beyond low Earth orbit, including geosynchronous launches and satellite phasing in LEO and MEO.
Relativity Space planned one or more test launches of Terran 1 for late 2020 followed by commercial launches beginning in 2021.
Relativity Space plans to establish a launch site at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 16.
Relativity Space has a contract with Momentus dated 2019-09-11 to carry a set of small satellites to geostationary orbit.
Relativity Space offers the Terran 1 rocket for a list price of $10,000,000.
Relativity will lease Building 9101 at Stennis Space Center, a 20,000-square-meter facility, for nine years with an option to extend the lease by 10 years.
Relativity plans a test of Terran 1’s second stage at Stennis in 2020 and aims for a first launch of Terran 1 from Cape Canaveral by the end of 2020.
Relativity will create a total of 200 jobs in Mississippi through the factory build-out and expansion.
Relativity will establish a production facility for its Terran 1 rocket at NASA’s Stennis Space Center under an agreement announced on 2019-06-11.
Relativity increased its infrastructure at Stennis to over 280,000 square feet of operations, production, testing, and launch facilities and is on track to reach over 350,000 square feet in 2019.
Relativity foresees a production line at the Stennis factory that can produce between 12 and 24 Terran 1 rockets per year when built out.
Relativity plans to build first stage assembly, engine integration and testing, and a full 3D printing and robotics-enabled production line at the Stennis site on the path to a first orbital launch in 2020.
Relativity will build and integrate a robotic 3D printing rocket factory and an expanded testing facility for autonomous production of Terran 1 rocket launch vehicles at Stennis Space Center.
The Mississippi Development Authority will provide a cost reimbursement and tax incentive package to Relativity for establishing the factory at Stennis.
Relativity’s lease for 220,000 square feet within building 9101 at Stennis Space Center includes an option to extend the lease for an additional 10 years.
Relativity is based in Los Angeles and plans to expand its Los Angeles facilities to support Terran 1 development.
Relativity currently tests its rocket engines at Stennis on test stands located a few kilometers from Building 9101.
Relativity committed to invest $59,000,000 in Mississippi and to grow its workforce in the state from 10 employees to 200 within five years.
Relativity will leverage existing NASA infrastructure and Mississippi Development Authority incentives to establish autonomous metal 3D printing and robotics-enabled aerospace manufacturing at Stennis Space Center.
Relativity will invest $59,000,000 in the state of Mississippi.