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Ukraine destroyed the airfield that contained the Russian airborne laser (ABL) system associated with Sokol-Echelon, which indicates Russia no longer possesses that airborne platform.
ABL Space Systems announced on 2024-11-15 that it was pivoting from launch to missile defense.
ABL raised more than $500,000,000 in venture funding.
The display included a scale model of an ABL Space Systems RS1 rocket featuring the logos of Lockheed Martin and the UK Space Agency.
ABL announced that its second RS1 rocket suffered irrecoverable damage in a fire at its launch pad in Alaska.
ABL CEO Harry O’Hanley communicated the need to reset the company's cost structure to ensure sustainability.
Lockheed Martin selected ABL to carry out the planned UK Pathfinder mission.
ABL is laying off an unspecified number of employees to cut costs following the static-fire incident.
ABL Space Systems lost its second RS1 rocket in a fire after a static-fire test at the Pacific Spaceport Complex–Alaska on Kodiak Island on 2023-07-19.
ABL Space Systems raised several hundred million dollars, including $200,000,000 in October 2021 and $170,000,000 in March 2021.
ABL Space Systems laid off an unspecified number of employees in late August 2023 to reduce costs after the loss of a rocket in a static-fire test.
ABL Space Systems listed about 170 employees on its website as of late August 2023.
Lockheed Martin is both an investor in ABL Space Systems and a major customer that made a block buy of up to 58 RS1 launches in 2021.
ABL Space Systems received a $60,000,000 STRATFI award in March 2023 from the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force to demonstrate tactically responsive capabilities, consisting of $30,000,000 in government funding and $30,000,000 in matching private investment.
El Segundo, California-based ABL Space Systems’ plan to launch from SaxaVord next year is uncertain after the company recently lost a rocket during a static-fire test.
ABL Space Systems’ RS1 launch vehicle can deploy over 1,000 kg of payload into orbit.
ABL Space Systems builds rockets to launch small satellites.
ABL Space Systems has committed to launching the Owlet mission before the end of the year.
Scout Space signed a launch services agreement with ABL Space Systems on 2024-06-10.
In 2021 Lockheed Martin signed an agreement to launch up to 58 payloads with ABL Space.