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Relativity Space

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Relativity Space

@relativityspace

Building reusable rockets to empower science, exploration, and innovation beyond our planet.

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Joined September 2015

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Relativity Space
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Jul 13
Terran R continues moving closer to first flight, with major testing milestones underway and operations scaling across the program. 🏗️ Build: All vehicle structures and closeouts were completed on the stage 1 qualification article, transitioning the hardware from manufacturing
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10h
Engine integration has begun! The first Aeon R engines are now installed on Terran R’s thrust structure. 💪 The thrust structure will house 13 Aeon R engines, each producing 269,000 lbf of sea level thrust for a combined thrust of 3,497,000 lbf at liftoff. 🔥 Each engine has
Relativity Space
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Aug 6
Stage 2 testing is officially underway at NASA Stennis 🚀 The campaign kicked off with successful cryoproof, loading the stage with cryogenic fluids and pressurizing it beyond expected flight loads to validate its structural integrity, followed by COPV manifold proof testing to
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Jul 31
Stage 1: qualified 💪 The dedicated test article successfully completed structural qualification, undergoing: ✔️ 420 pressure cycles ✔️ 62 proof, stability, and ultimate loading cases ✔️ 4.3 million lbf of axial compression while pressurized This campaign validates that the
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Relativity Space
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Jul 16
LC-16 continues advancing toward operational readiness as teams bring critical launch infrastructure and ground systems online. ✓ 60,000-gallon tanks installed at the water farm ✓ Tanks activated at the liquid oxygen (LOX) farm ✓ Crane installation underway at the horizontal
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