Relativity SpaceAerospacesince 2022
Relativity Space Stargate — World's Largest Metal 3D Printer
Entire Terran rocket structures (fuselage, tanks, engine) and Aeon engines
Aerospace85% confidence
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Challenge
Traditional rockets require thousands of parts, years of tooling, and inflexible supply chains. Relativity's goal: print most of a rocket in 60 days with 95% fewer parts.
Solution
Stargate — the world's largest metal 3D printer — uses robotic arms to deposit metal layer by layer. Stargate Gen 4 was unveiled in October 2022. Large aluminium rocket structures are printed directly, then CNC-finished. The Aeon engine chambers are DED-printed copper.
Outcomes
- 01~95% fewer than conventional rockets part consolidation
Technologies
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Source
Terran 1 reached space March 2023 (successful first stages, stage-sep achieved); Terran R development continues
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2022). Relativity Space Stargate — World's Largest Metal 3D Printer. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/relativity-stargate-terran-2022
BibTeX
@misc{amroadmap_relativity_space_stargate_world_s_larges_2022,
title = {Relativity Space Stargate — World's Largest Metal 3D Printer},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2022},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/relativity-stargate-terran-2022},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
}Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/relativity-stargate-terran-2022