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Relativity Space Lands DoD Launch Contract for 2023 Mission

By Rachel Jewett

Monday, March 15th, 2021

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Relativity Space Lands DoD Launch Contract for 2023 Mission

Artist rendering of Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket. Photo: Relativity Space

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…

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