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The addition of Relativity Space and other emerging providers to OSP-4 expands the Space Force’s vendor pool and supports the small launch industrial base.
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.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program Office awarded the first on-ramp additions to the Orbital Services Program-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to ABL Space Systems Corp., Astra Space, Inc., and Relativity Space, Inc.
Relativity has raised more than $1,000,000,000 in private capital since late last year.
The new Long Beach facility, located adjacent to Long Beach Airport, will serve as Relativity Space’s headquarters and as a factory for producing the Terran R rocket.
Relativity is working with architectural and design firm Gensler to renovate the Long Beach building for move-in beginning in January 2022.
Relativity will keep its existing 120,000-square-foot Long Beach facility and use it for production of the Terran 1 small launch vehicle.
Relativity moved to Long Beach in early 2020 and opened a 120,000-square-foot facility for operations near Long Beach Airport.
Relativity Space signed a deal on 2021-06-30 to move into a one-million-square-foot factory in Long Beach, California.
Relativity introduced the Terran R, a two-stage fully reusable large launch vehicle, on 2021-06-08 in conjunction with a $650,000,000 funding round.
Relativity accelerated hiring to more than 400 employees and plans to hire an additional 200 team members 2021.
Relativity’s simplified supply chain enables the company to build rockets with 100 times fewer parts in less than 60 days.
Terran R was created in Relativity’s Factory of the Future by the same printers and the same team that built Terran 1.
Relativity Space intends to launch Terran R from its launch site at Cape Canaveral starting in 2024.
Funds and accounts managed by BlackRock participated in Relativity Space’s $650,000,000 Series E funding round.
Relativity has completed printing of over 85% of the first Terran 1 orbital rocket, including its first and second stages.
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC led Relativity Space’s $650,000,000 Series E funding round.
Tribe Capital is a major investor in Relativity Space, and Relativity Space recently raised $650,000,000.
An industry source estimated Relativity Space’s valuation at $4,200,000,000 after the Series E round.
Terran R was created in Relativity Space’s Factory of the Future using the same printers and team that produced Terran 1.