Small-satellite launch company ABL Space Systems is gearing up for its first-ever liftoff. ABL completed a key fueling test, called a wet dress rehearsal, with its RS1 rocket on the pad at the ...

ABL Space Systems will have to wait a while to conduct its second-ever orbital launch. The California-based startup has been prepping its RS1 rocket for a test flight, which will lift off from the ...

RS1 Flight 2 pre-launch operations were underway in Kodiak, Alaska, in mid-2024. Credit: ABL Space WASHINGTON — Scout Space, a startup specializing in space domain awareness through in-space ...

RS1 Flight 2 pre-launch operations were underway in Kodiak, Alaska, in mid-2024. Credit: ABL Space FARNBOROUGH, England — ABL Space Systems says the rocket it planned to use for the company’s ...

The privately held ABL Space Systems attempted to launch its RS1 rocket at 1:27 p.m. local time (5:27 p.m. ET) in Alaska. But the company confirmed shortly after that there was an “anomaly ...

Its new plan? Focusing on missile defense. The founder and president of ABL Space Systems, Dan Piemont, announced the decision on LinkedIn, adding, "We're consolidating our operational footprint ...

Lockheed Martin says it has selected United States-based ABL Space Systems to launch the first orbital rocket from the United Kingdom—a mission that is expected to take place from Scotland in 2022.

In a concerning trend, ABL Space System’s RS1 rocket became the third rocket to succumb to a launch failure in less than a month. The botched liftoff came just 24 hours after Virgin Orbit’s ...

Launch startup ABL Space Systems has landed a $60 million contract to build out its “responsive launch” operational capacity, as part of the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force Strategic ...