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Relativity Space

US
commercialFounded 2016
Long Beach, California, United States
relativityspace.com
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Relativity Space developed the Aeon 1 rocket engine and built what the company described as the world’s largest 3-D metal printers to produce major rocket components.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/10/2020Relativity co-founder steps aside

On 2020-06-24, Relativity Space secured a Right of Entry Agreement with the United States Air Force 30th Space Wing for development of rocket launch facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/24/2020Iridium Selects Relativity Space as On-Demand Single Satellite Launch Partner

Relativity Space executed a Right of Entry agreement with the United States Air Force 30th Space Wing on 2020-06-24 to develop rocket launch facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/24/2020Relativity Space Expands Footprint Via Launch Site at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Most Relativity Space employees have been working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, with sometimes only a single person in the factory overseeing the company’s 3-D printers.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/18/2020Relativity Space hires SpaceX executive to lead launch vehicle factory development

Zachary Dunn will lead a team at Relativity Space with an initial focus on delivering the first Terran 1 launch vehicle and then scaling up production of the rocket using the company’s 3D-printing technologies.

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/18/2020Relativity Space hires SpaceX executive to lead launch vehicle factory development

Relativity Space expects to perform a first launch of the Terran 1 rocket in 2021 from a site it will develop at Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/28/2020Relativity to move headquarters to Long Beach

Relativity Space secured a 20-year exclusive use lease for a 220,000-square-foot factory at the NASA Stennis Space Center.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/28/2020Relativity Space Secures New Headquarters Facility In The Heart Of Southern California’S Next-Generation Aerospace Community

Relativity Space is moving into a 120,000-square-foot facility in Long Beach that will serve as its headquarters and launch vehicle manufacturing facility.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/28/2020Relativity to move headquarters to Long Beach

Relativity Space currently tests engines at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and has long-term plans to develop a launch vehicle production facility at Stennis.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/28/2020Relativity to move headquarters to Long Beach

Finalists for Deal of the Year included SpaceX raising $1,000,000,000+, NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services awards, OneWeb raising $1,000,000,000+, HawkEye 360’s $70,000,000 Series B, Virgin Galactic’s IPO, Relativity’s $140,000,000 round, the Raytheon-United Technologies merger, and the L3-Harris Corp. merger.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL11/11/2019Here are all the Readers’ Choice winners of the 2019 SpaceNews Awards

Relativity Space secured a 20-year exclusive-use lease for a 220,000-square-foot factory at NASA Stennis Space Center.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/1/2019Relativity Space Closes $140 Million Series C Funding Round Led by Bond and Tribe Capital

Relativity Space closed a $140,000,000 Series C funding round led by Bond and Tribe Capital on 2019-10-01.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL10/1/2019Relativity Space Closes $140 Million Series C Funding Round Led by Bond and Tribe Capital

Relativity Space plans to expand its Los Angeles headquarters and establish a rocket production factory at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/1/2019Relativity Space raises $140 million

Relativity Space plans to expand its Los Angeles headquarters and establish a rocket production factory at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/1/2019Relativity Space raises $140 million

Relativity Space plans to develop Launch Complex 16 in Florida as part of its preparations for Terran 1 operations.

NARRATIVE PLAN10/1/2019Relativity Space raises $140 million

Relativity Space raised $140,000,000 in a Series C funding round announced 2019-10-01.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL10/1/2019Relativity Space raises $140 million

Relativity Space signed a Launch Services Agreement with Momentus to launch Momentus’ small and medium satellite customers on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/30/2019Relativity Space Signs Launch Services Agreement for Multiple Launches with Momentus on Terran 1, World’s First 3D Printed Rocket

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.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/11/2019Relativity to build rocket factory at Stennis

Relativity is based in Los Angeles and plans to expand its Los Angeles facilities to support Terran 1 development.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/11/2019Relativity to build rocket factory at Stennis

Relativity secured a contract on 2019-04-23 to launch a low Earth orbit satellite for Thai startup mu Space.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/23/2019Relativity to launch LEO satellite for mu Space
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