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Relativity Space

US
commercialFounded 2016
Long Beach, California, United States
relativityspace.com
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Astra Space, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space won VCLS Demo 2 contracts in 2020 for missions launching in 2023.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 27, 2022NASA selects a dozen companies for smallsat launch services

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.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 27, 2022NASA Selects Relativity Space for Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) Mission

ABL Space Systems and Relativity Space raised large private funding rounds in 2021.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceNarrative GeneralJan 21, 2022Foust Forward | Small launchers on the bubble

Small launch providers Relativity Space and ABL Space Systems won contracts to launch military payloads and targeted first flights in 2022.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceNarrative GeneralJan 19, 2022Space and national security: What to expect in 2022

Playground Global previously led Relativity Space’s $35,000,000 Series B round in 2018.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 12, 2022Multi-orbit constellation startup Mangata Networks raises $33 million

Lockheed Martin originally planned to launch the Cryogenic Demonstration Mission spacecraft via Momentus, which would manifest the satellite on a Vigoride transfer vehicle launched on a Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket in 2023.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2021ABL Space Systems to launch NASA technology demonstration mission

Relativity Space raised $500,000,000 in November and $650,000,000 in June to fund development of its Terran 1 rocket and the larger Terran R vehicle.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2021Space SPACs struggle to lift off

Relativity Space planned to make Terran 1’s first launch in 2022 and designated Terran R as a far larger follow-on vehicle.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2021Space SPACs struggle to lift off

Relativity Space’s metal 3D printers can create a single rocket from raw materials in 60 days.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 9, 2021Korean consortium invested $50 million in US launch startup Relativity Space

A consortium of three South Korean companies invested $50,000,000 in Relativity Space.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2021Korean consortium invested $50 million in US launch startup Relativity Space

Fidelity Management & Research Company led Relativity Space’s Series E round and invested $200,000,000.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2021Korean consortium invested $50 million in US launch startup Relativity Space

NH Investment & Securities and Consus Asset Management together contributed $40,000,000 to the consortium investment in Relativity Space.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceNarrative FinancialSep 9, 2021Korean consortium invested $50 million in US launch startup Relativity Space

Hanwha Aerospace contributed $10,000,000 to the consortium investment in Relativity Space.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceNarrative FinancialSep 9, 2021Korean consortium invested $50 million in US launch startup Relativity Space

Relativity Space raised $650,000,000 in a Series E funding round in June.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2021Korean consortium invested $50 million in US launch startup Relativity Space

Relativity raised $650,000,000 in June, about six months after raising $500,000,000.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceTechnical ProductAug 30, 2021Small launch vehicles grow up

Relativity Space’s Terran 1 is designed to place up to 1,250 kg into orbit and has a listed price of $12,000,000.

Mentioned as: relativity spaceTechnical ProductAug 30, 2021Small launch vehicles grow up

Relativity expects to begin testing a prototype version of the Aeon R engine as soon as the end of 2021 to support a possible first Terran R launch as early as 2024.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceOrg RelationshipAug 30, 2021Small launch vehicles grow up

Relativity Space raised $650 million.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceNarrative FinancialAug 12, 2021Euroconsult: Pandemic does little to slow smallsat sector

Relativity Space is charging $12,000,000 for Terran 1, which can place 900 kg into sun-synchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceTechnical ProductAug 10, 2021IHI Aerospace to offer Epsilon rocket commercially

On 2021-08-09, the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base added ABL Space Systems, Astra Space, and Relativity Space to the OSP-4 vendor pool.

Mentioned as: Relativity SpaceTechnical ProductAug 9, 2021ABL, Astra, Relativity selected to compete for U.S. Space Force responsive launch contracts
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