Relativity Space said Monday that the company has successfully completed a full-duration test-firing of its Aeon 1 rocket engine, running it at full power for 187 seconds.
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Relativity Space has bagged its first public government contract, and with a major defense contractor at that. The launch startup’s 3D-printed rockets are a great match for a particularly complex mission Lockheed is undertaking for NASA’s Tipping Point program.
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Rocket builder Relativity Space this summer moved into its new headquarters in Long Beach, California.
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Relativity Space says it has reached an agreement with Iridium to launch six of the company's next-generation communications satellites.
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David Giger bounded up 26 steel steps and emerged onto a rocket engine test platform. Off to his left, an unbroken stand of stately pine trees spread out over the Mississippi lowlands. Straight ahead, Giger had a clear view of two Apollo-era test stands through the trees. “It’s quite a view,” he said.
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Building a rocket is a big operation, even when you’re printing them from the ground up, like Relativity Space . The launch startup is graduating from its initial office, which is a bit cramped for assembling rockets, to a huge space in Long Beach, where the company will go from prototype to first flight.
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With their manufacturing square footage increasing fivefold to 3D-print rocket components for orbital missions, Relativity Space is taking a run at the space business.
The young company, fresh off a $140 million Series C round in late 2019, announced they have secured a massive 120,000 sq. ft manufacturing facility and operations center in Long Beach, California to make rocket parts quickly, cheaply and reliably.
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