
Relativity Space has been awarded its first launch contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the company said Monday. The contract is a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Launch Enterprise follow-up effort to the DoD Space Test Program Rapid Agile Launch Initiative. This initiative looks to identify commercial solutions for low-cost, responsive access to space “as a service.” The contract was facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Relativity expects the mission to take place in 2023. The…