Private rocket firm Relativity Space became fourth company to secure spot at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, U.S. to launch its 3D printed rocket with five-year contract from U.S. Air Force

Briefing

Private rocket firm Relativity Space became fourth company to secure spot at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, U.S. to launch its 3D printed rocket with five-year contract from U.S. Air Force

February 8, 2019

Briefing
  • Rocket Launch Site – Commercial rocket startup Relativity Space obtained five-year contract from U.S. Air Force to build and operate launch facility at Launch Complex 16 (LC-16), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, U.S.
  • Fourth Company – Becomes fourth among other private firms, SpaceX, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance, to secure launch spot at LC-16
  • LC-16 – Site where hundreds of American space launches were made, including Titan missile launches, as well as Apollo and Gemini programs
  • 3D Printed Rocket – Company making 3D printed metal rocket called Terran-1, with 95% 3D printed parts, which it will test in 2020, capable of carrying 2,755 pounds (1,250 kilograms) of payload to low Earth orbit

Accelerator
3D Printing, Space Commercialization

Sector
Transportation and Logistics

Organization
Relativity Space

Source

Original Publication Date
January 17, 2019

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