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 the RS1 to place 1,200 kg into low Earth orbit at a per-launch price of $12,000,000.
ABL Space Systems will use funds from Lockheed Martin Ventures’ investment to support the RS1 development and test program, including an integrated stage test later 2019.
ABL Space Systems is planning a first launch of the RS1 vehicle in 2020.
ABL Space Systems of El Segundo, California increased the lift capacity of its planned RS1 rocket by one third to 1,200 kg.
ABL Space Systems expects additional demand for RS1 from customers seeking to launch smallsats into higher orbits, including geostationary orbit, and from growing government interest in small satellites.
ABL Space Systems is offering an upgraded version of the RS1 rocket at a price of $12,000,000 per launch, down from an earlier price of $17,000,000.
ABL Space Systems has conceptual frameworks for operating RS1 at all major U.S. launch sites but has not selected a launch site.
ABL Space Systems planned a first launch of the RS1 in the third quarter of 2020.
ABL Space Systems was founded in 2017 and has been operating quietly since its founding.
ABL Space Systems moved engine production in-house after originally planning to purchase engines from Ursa Major Technologies.
ABL Space Systems planned a test launch of the RS1 vehicle for the third quarter of 2020.
ABL Space Systems is designing its RS1 rocket around a Hadley-powered second stage and a pair of first-stage Ripley engines that together deliver about 31,751 kg of thrust.