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Relativity Space

Flames from liftoff of Relativity Space's Terran 1 rocket
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Relativity Space launches 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket but falls short of orbit

by Alan Boyle on March 22, 2023March 23, 2023 at 1:31 pm

More than seven years after it was founded in a Seattle co-working space, Relativity Space launched its first 3D-printed rocket on a test mission that began with a triumphant glow… Read More

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Relativity hires Microsoft’s Scott Van Vliet to boost its Factory Operating System for 3D-printed rockets

by Alan Boyle on January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 at 9:43 am

Relativity Space, the startup that was founded in Seattle and is now building 3D-printed rockets in Southern California, has brought in a Microsoft executive to lead its growing software engineering… Read More

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Relativity Space announces $650 million in funding to build a bigger 3D-printed rocket

by Alan Boyle on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 at 6:39 am

Relativity Space, the space venture that got its start in Seattle and is now working on 3D-printed rockets in California, says it’ll build a bigger launch vehicle with the aid… Read More

Tim Ellis and rocket component
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Relativity Space raises $500M to speed up plan to build and launch 3D-printed rockets

by Alan Boyle on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 at 5:10 pm

Relativity Space says it’s brought in another $500 million in investment to speed up its effort to build entire orbital-class rockets using 3D printing. The startup — which was founded… Read More

Andrew Lapsa

Relativity and Reach, Stoke and Starfish: Blue Origin veterans spark space startups

by Alan Boyle on September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 at 10:22 am

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture turned 20 years old this week — and although the privately held company hasn’t yet put people into space, or put a… Read More

Relativity Space Vandenberg pad
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Relativity makes deals with Vandenberg AFB and Iridium for California launches

by Alan Boyle on June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 at 6:23 am

Relativity Space, a startup that was born in Seattle but grew up in Los Angeles, says it has signed an agreement to develop launch facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base… Read More

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Relativity Space is moving its HQ to a huge robotic rocket factory in Long Beach, Calif.

by Alan Boyle on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 at 1:08 pm

Relativity Space, the rocket company that was born in Seattle and headed south to Los Angeles, says it’s moving into a new 120,000-square-foot headquarters and factory in Long Beach, Calif.,… Read More

Relativity Space co-founders
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Relativity Space raises $140M to stay on track for 3D-printed rocket’s launch

by Alan Boyle on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 at 11:28 am

Four years after it was founded in Seattle, Relativity Space has landed its biggest infusion of capital to date — and says the $140 million investment will fully fund its… Read More

Relativity Terran 1 liftoff
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Spaceflight strikes a deal to put rideshare satellites on Relativity Space’s rocket

by Alan Boyle on May 6, 2019May 12, 2019 at 10:22 pm

Seattle-based Spaceflight has signed a launch services agreement to put payloads on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket. Relativity, a startup that got its start in Seattle but is now headquartered… Read More

Relativity Terran 1 liftoff
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Relativity joins Blue Origin to provide launches for Telesat’s broadband satellites

by Alan Boyle on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 at 9:14 am

Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis is a veteran of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture — and in a sense, you could say that Ellis and Blue Origin… Read More

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Relativity Space gets a historic place to use for its Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida

by Alan Boyle on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 at 11:25 am

Relativity Space, the California-based rocket startup that got its start in Seattle, has won Air Force clearance to build its Florida launch facility on a site that saw service during… Read More

Stargate 3-D printer
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Relativity Space raises $35 million to boost 3-D printed rocket venture to new heights

by Alan Boyle on March 27, 2018April 21, 2018 at 10:06 am

Just a week after unveiling an agreement to use one of NASA’s rocket test complexes in Mississippi, Relativity Space is announcing $35 million in new funding that’ll help the rocket-building… Read More

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Relativity strikes deal with NASA to use rocket engine test complex in Mississippi

by Alan Boyle on March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 at 11:46 pm

Relativity, a rocket startup with roots at Blue Origin and SpaceX, says it has been awarded an exclusive 20-year lease to use a 25-acre engine test complex at NASA’s Stennis… Read More

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Relativity Space lifts the curtain on its plan to make rockets with robotic 3-D printer

by Alan Boyle on October 18, 2017October 19, 2017 at 9:27 am

Can a robotic 3-D printer spit out all the parts of a rocket without humans stepping in until the end? Relativity Space says that’s what it’s working toward. The company,… Read More

Tim Ellis
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Relativity Space CEO provides Congress with a teaser for his stealthy rocket venture

by Alan Boyle on July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 at 11:20 am

The hush-hush space startup Relativity Space is still in stealth mode, but CEO and co-founder Tim Ellis lifted the veil just a bit on the company’s business plan and eight-figure… Read More

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Blue Origin and SpaceX vets raise cash for Relativity Space, a stealthy startup aiming to build rockets ‘with zero human labor’

by Alan Boyle on July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 at 10:33 am

Two engineers with experience at Blue Origin and SpaceX have raised almost $10 million for their own rocket startup, Relativity Space, which promises to build orbital rockets “with zero human labor.”… Read More

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