Long Wall, formerly known as ABL Space Systems, is an American aerospace company that pivoted from developing low-cost launch vehicles for small satellites to focusing on missile defense technology. They manufacture deployable launch vehicles and infrastructure, leveraging their RS1 rocket and mobile ground system for military applications such as hypersonic flight testing and missile defense systems. The company aims to offer cost-effective solutions for missile testing and defense in collaboration with partners like the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space office awarded a $15,000,000 contract to ABL Space Systems to demonstrate responsive launch capability.
ABL Space Systems’ STRATFI agreement includes $30,000,000 in government funding and $30,000,000 in matching funds from the company’s investors.
Amazon had initially planned to deploy KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 by late last year using ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket, which suffered setbacks.
Amazon initially planned to launch its first two Project Kuiper prototype satellites by the fourth quarter of 2022 on ABL Space Systems rockets before switching to a United Launch Alliance Vulcan mission now slated for the fourth quarter of 2023.
In 2021 Lockheed Martin signed an agreement to launch up to 58 payloads with ABL Space.
Lockheed Martin opted in 2020 to conduct a U.K. Pathfinder launch from SaxaVord Spaceport using a vehicle provided by ABL Space Systems instead of Sutherland Spaceport.
ABL Space Systems developed the RS1 small launch vehicle capable of placing up to 1,350 kg into low Earth orbit.
ABL Space Systems has raised several hundred million dollars from venture capital firms, including $200,000,000 in October 2021 in a round that valued the company at $2,400,000,000.
The STRATFI contract includes $30,000,000 in government funding and $30,000,000 in matching funds from ABL Space Systems’ investors.
On 2023-03-24, ABL Space Systems secured a $60,000,000 strategic funding increase (STRATFI) contract involving the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Air Force that includes matching funds from private investors.
Lockheed Martin signed a 2021 contract with ABL Space Systems to launch as many as 58 missions on ABL’s RS1 rocket through 2029.
ABL Space Systems has raised several hundred million dollars from venture capital firms, including a $200,000,000 funding round in October 2021 that valued the company at $2,400,000,000.
Lockheed Martin is a strategic investor in ABL Space Systems and signed a contract in April 2021 for as many as 58 RS1 launches through the end of the decade.
ABL Space Systems’ first flight of the RS1 rocket failed to reach orbit on 2023-01-10.
SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands is being developed to support launches by companies such as ABL Space Systems and Skyrora.
Lockheed Martin will use ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket for the mission it moved to SaxaVord, with the mission tentatively scheduled for 2023.
Amazon plans to retain its agreement with ABL Space Systems to launch two Kuiper satellites.
ABL Space Systems performed a static-fire test of the first stage of its RS1 rocket on 2022-07-09 at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska on Kodiak Island.
Lockheed Martin is an anchor customer of ABL Space Systems and signed a contract last year for up to 58 RS1 launches over the next decade.
Amazon plans to test two Project Kuiper prototype satellites on an ABL Space Systems RS1 rocket as soon as late in 2022.