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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ABL Space Systems plans to operate from both Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Kodiak Island and Vandenberg Space Force Base as soon as possible but selected Kodiak for its first mission.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program Office awarded the first on-ramp additions to the Orbital Services Program-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to ABL Space Systems Corp., Astra Space, Inc., and Relativity Space, Inc.
ABL Space Systems expects to launch its RS1 rocket for the first time later 2021.
On 2021-08-09, the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base added ABL Space Systems, Astra Space, and Relativity Space to the OSP-4 vendor pool.
ABL Space Systems advertises a $12,000,000 price for an RS1 rocket.
ABL Space Systems was selected by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit on 2021-05-17 to launch a military payload.
ABL Space Systems received two U.S. Air Force contracts worth a combined $44,500,000 in the previous year.
ABL Space Systems is developing the RS1 small launch vehicle designed to deliver up to 1,350 kg into low Earth orbit.
ABL Space Systems lists a price of $12,000,000 per RS1 launch.
Lockheed Martin's contract with ABL Space Systems, announced 2021-04-05, covers up to 26 RS1 launches through 2025 and an additional 32 launches from 2026 through 2029.
ABL Space Systems raised a $170,000,000 Series B round on 2021-03-25 to scale up production of the RS1 rocket and establish launch sites in the United States and the United Kingdom.
If Lockheed Martin ordered all 58 RS1 launches at ABL Space Systems' listed price of $12,000,000 each, the total contract value would be $696,000,000.
Lockheed Martin selected ABL Space Systems' RS1 in February for the UK Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Space Centre in 2022.
ABL Space Systems is headquartered in El Segundo and recently raised a $170,000,000 Series B round.
Lockheed Martin selected ABL Space Systems to perform a UK Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Space Centre in 2022.
ABL Space Systems raised $170,000,000 in funding on 2021-03-25 to help build up infrastructure and launch sites ahead of its first launch.
The new Series B funding round values ABL Space Systems at $1,300,000,000.
ABL Space Systems had raised about $50,000,000 prior to the Series B round.
ABL Space Systems is developing the RS1 small launch vehicle capable of placing up to 1,350 kg into low Earth orbit.
ABL Space Systems planned to establish a test site at Spaceport Camden but conducted its testing elsewhere while preparing for a first launch from California.