Image courtesy of Relativity Space/Trevor Mahlmann.įor months, Ellis has reported on the progress of the company’s rockets, engines, and in-house 3D printing manufacturing processes, as well as headway on Relativity’s new one-million-square-foot headquarters in Long Beach, California. However, in the wake of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with the U.S.S.R., Launch Complex 16 was abandoned until 2019, when the Air Force turned it over to Relativity Space.Īll hardware, including Stage 1 and Stage 2, for Terran 1 have officially arrived at Relativity Space’s LC-16 launchpad in Cape Canaveral. The site was one of four launch complexes built-in support of Titan missile testing and previously supported 26 missions, spread between Titan I, Titan II, and Pershing launch vehicles. This is primarily because Terran 1’s launch will mark the world’s first entirely 3D printed rocket to go to space and because GLFH will be the first launch from LC-16 since March 21, 1988. This milestone is significant in many ways. Both flight stages made their way to the sunshine state from the firm’s current Long Beach, California headquarters to prepare for the demo launch, which has been assigned the mission name “Good Luck, Have Fun” (GLHF).Ĭompany co-founder and CEO Tim Ellis revealed the news on June 6, 2022, on social media, explaining that the 115-foot Terran 1 is, by far, the largest metal 3D printed product ever made and that he is “stoked” for the upcoming testing ahead of launch. Terran 1’s two stages reached Cape Canaveral after a cross-country trek. Ahead of its demo launch, the company has announced that all hardware, including Stage 1 and Stage 2, for Terran 1 small-lift launch vehicle arrived at Launch Complex 16 (LC-16), the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station pad in Florida operated by Relativity Space.
Los Angeles 3D printed rocket company Relativity Space is getting closer to a Summer launch as promised by its VP of Business Development Joshua Brost during this year’s Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) event.
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