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Relativity Space manufactures rockets using 3D printing, including its Stargate printer, and is developing the medium-lift, reusable Terran R launch vehicle.
ACTIVERelativity Space, headquartered in Long Beach, California, builds reusable rockets and is developing Terran R, a two-stage, partially reusable launch vehicle rated at 23,500 kg to low Earth orbit with downrange landing. Eric Schmidt became CEO in March 2025.
Relativity Space, headquartered in Long Beach, California, builds reusable rockets and is developing Terran R, a two-stage, partially reusable launch vehicle rated at 23,500 kg to low Earth orbit with downrange landing. Eric Schmidt became CEO in March 2025.
Rank 80 of 105 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 59 and 103.
4 of 7 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 63% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-11-11 (UTC) · methodology v8. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Legal name
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6 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Hiring
408 open roles right now →
Latest government contract
NASA LAUNCH SERVICES II (NLS II)_ RELATIVITY SPACE, INC.
NASA · $1 · Sep 9, 2026
Latest funding round
Controlling-owner investment (Eric Schmidt) · Not disclosed
Mar 10, 2025 · led by Eric Schmidt
Two-stage medium-to-heavy-lift launch vehicle with a reusable first stage and expendable upper stage, using additively manufactured Aeon R engines; first launch from Cape Canaveral LC-16 planned starting late 2026.
Stage, milestones, announced next steps and slips, funding and filings, every fact sourced:
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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2 dated public commitments by Relativity Space, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Compiled Nov 11, 2026 from 11 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
5 awards, $390K obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Oct 26, 2026. Awarded Aug 27, 2020 to Sep 9, 2026; most from NASA (4 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Oct 26, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Sep 9, 2026
Latest space award
$1 from NASA
NASA LAUNCH SERVICES II (NLS II)_ RELATIVITY SPACE, INC.
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Sep 9, 2026
Form D notices
6 offerings reported on Form D
first sale Jun 8, 2021
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Latest sourced round
Controlling-owner investment (Eric Schmidt): amount undisclosed
Lead recorded as Eric Schmidt
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Mar 10, 2025
Sourced rounds on record
7 rounds, $1.33B disclosed
1 with no amount disclosed
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
408 open roles
30 days ago: 358 (Oct 12, 2026). 90 days ago: 370 (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Greenhouse)
Counted Nov 11, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
4 space awards, $340K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Sep 9, 2026
Department of Defense
1 space award, $50K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 6, 2021
Eric Schmidt
Recorded as lead of Controlling-owner investment (Eric Schmidt) (Mar 10, 2025)
SpaceNews, Mar 10, 2025
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, November 11). Relativity Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/relativity-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Relativity Space: Company dossier." Data as of November 11, 2026. Accessed November 11, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/relativity-space.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Relativity Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/relativity-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/relativity-space},
urldate = {2026-11-11},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11; each fact links its primary source}
}