Maiden Flight

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit Launch Pad 3C Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA Probability: 70%

This is the first launch of RS1 launch vehicle developed and built by ABL Space Systems. This launch carries two satellites for OmniTeq.

Updates

SwGustav • Jan. 10, 2023, 11:52 p.m.

Launch failure: "After liftoff, RS1 experienced an anomaly and shut down prematurely."


SwGustav • Jan. 10, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

Updating T-0


SwGustav • Jan. 10, 2023, 9:17 p.m.

Updating T-0 and weather


Nosu • Jan. 9, 2023, 4:27 p.m.

Delayed by a day due to high winds


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 9, 2023, 2:07 a.m.

Go for launch.


RS1

Family:
Configuration: 1

2 stage launch vehicle developed by ABL Space Systems using their E2 RP-1/LOX rocket engine. Nine engines are used in the first stage and one in the second stage. The RS1 is designed to be deployed and launched from any suitably flat site using a containerized launch system transported by trucks.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    26.8 m
  • Diameter
    1.83 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    1.83 m
  • Launch Mass
    ―
  • Thrust
    485.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    RS1
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    1
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    RS1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $12000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1350.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    400.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1000.0 kg

Long Wall

Long Wall

(ABL)

CEO: Dan Piemont Founded: 2017 Successes: 0 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Long Wall, formerly known as ABL Space Systems is an American company based in El Segundo, California. It used to specialize in launch vehicle and launch systems technology manufacturing using CNC and 3D printing, before leaving the commercial space launch market and pivoting to military applications such as missile systems in November 2024.

INFO WIKI
Arstechnica

Rocket Report: SpaceX reaches ‘ludicrous’ cadence; ABL explains RS1 failure

"This evidence suggests that an unwanted fire spread to our avionics system."

SpaceNews

ABL Space Systems blames RS1 launch failure on loss of power

ABL Space Systems says a power failure, possibly linked to a fire in the first stage of its RS1 rocket, caused the inaugural launch of the vehicle to fail last week.

Spaceflight Now

First launch by ABL Space Systems fails shortly after liftoff

ABL Space Systems’ first RS1 rocket fell back on its launch pad at Kodiak Island, Alaska, shortly after liftoff on the company’s first orbital launch attempt, destroying the rocket and damaging the ground facility, officials said Wednesday.

CNBC

Rocket builder ABL’s inaugural launch fails shortly after liftoff, damages launch pad

The first mission by ABL Space got off the ground on Tuesday, but the company’s RS1 rocket suffered an issue early in the flight that caused it to fail shortly after lifting off.

Spaceflight Now

ABL’s first orbital test flight postponed after series of launch attempts

The first test flight of ABL Space Systems’ new small satellite launcher from Alaska has been delayed until no earlier than December after technical issues cut short three launch attempts in the last week.

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