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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Lockheed Martin has invested in commercial space companies including Terran Orbital, Rocket Lab, ABL Space Systems, and Orbit Fab.
Project Kuiper selected ABL Systems to launch its two prototype satellites KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 instead of using Blue Origin rockets.
ABL Space Systems raised an additional $200,000,000 in a funding round that valued the company at $2,400,000,000.
Amazon has signed a multi-launch deal with rocket developer ABL Space Systems to launch Project Kuiper prototype satellites.
ABL Space Systems is preparing to perform its first RS1 launch from Kodiak Island, Alaska, with a launch period extending to 2021-12-15.
ABL Space Systems aims to place KuiperSat-1 and Kuiper-Sat-2 in low Earth orbit by the fourth quarter of 2022 using its RS1 small launch vehicle.
ABL Space Systems secured $170,000,000 in a funding round seven months earlier that valued the company at $1,300,000,000.
ABL Space Systems plans to use funding proceeds to scale RS1 production to meet projections for eight launches in 2022 and 16 launches in 2023.
ABL Space Systems retained most of the $170,000,000 it raised in March.
The expanded Series B round increased ABL Space Systems’ valuation nearly to $2,400,000,000.
ABL Space Systems projected eight RS1 launches in 2022 and projected double that number in 2023.
ABL Space Systems raised an additional $200,000,000 on 2021-10-25 as an extension of a $170,000,000 Series B round closed in March.
The original Series B valued ABL Space Systems at $1,300,000,000.
ABL Space Systems has received large orders for its RS1 vehicle and has more than 75 RS1 launches under contract.
Lockheed Martin Ventures invested in Rocket Lab and ABL Space Systems in 2019.
Lockheed Martin selected ABL Space Systems for a UK Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Space Centre in the United Kingdom in 2022.
ABL Space Systems will launch the NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission spacecraft on its RS1 rocket in 2023.
ABL Space Systems won a contract to launch a NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission spacecraft in 2023.
ABL Space Systems plans to perform its first RS1 launch before the end of 2023 from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Kodiak Island.
ABL Space Systems had been working toward a first RS1 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in 2023.