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 has exclusive use of 220,000 square feet within building 9101 at Stennis Space Center under a 9-year lease.
Relativity Space has not yet completed a full-duration test of the Aeon 1 engine due to test site facility limitations.
Relativity Space’s goal is to 3D print engines in 60 days and charge $10,000,000 to send 1,250 kg to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Relativity offers Terran 1 launches for $10,000,000 each.
Relativity Space’s initial launch vehicle, Terran 1, is designed to deliver 900 kg to sun-synchronous orbit for $10,000,000.
Relativity expanded operations, production, testing, and launch facilities to over 350,000 square feet in 2019.
Relativity signed a Launch Services Agreement with Spaceflight to launch Spaceflight’s dedicated rideshares of small satellites, microsats, and cubesats to Low Earth Orbit on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket.
Relativity announced a multi-launch contract with Telesat to support Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit constellation.
Relativity is working with the U.S. Air Force to develop launch facilities for Terran 1 at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 16.
Relativity is seeking a second launch site that can support launches to sun-synchronous and other high-inclination orbits.
Relativity signed an agreement with Spaceflight on 2019-05-06 for a series of smallsat rideshare launches.
Relativity announced a deal with Thai startup mu Space on 2019-04-23 for the launch of a low Earth orbit satellite.
Relativity announced a contract with satellite operator Telesat on 2019-04-05 for an unspecified number of launches for Telesat’s proposed broadband satellite constellation.
Relativity expanded its infrastructure in 2019 to over 350,000 square feet of operations, production, testing, and launch facilities.
Relativity secured a contract on 2019-04-23 to launch a low Earth orbit satellite for Thai startup mu Space.
Relativity expects to build its Terran 1 rocket from raw material to launch-ready in less than 60 days.
Relativity partnered with mu Space to launch a satellite to Low Earth Orbit on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket.
On 2019-04-05, Relativity reached an agreement with Telesat for Telesat to use Terran 1 for an unspecified number of launches for Telesat’s broadband constellation under development.
Relativity will launch mu Space’s unnamed satellite as a primary, dedicated payload to low Earth orbit on its Terran 1 rocket in 2022.
Relativity planned the first launch of Terran 1 for the very end of 2020 from a launch site the company plans to construct at Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.