ABL Space Systems: Commercial (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / ABL Space Systems

1Orbital launches

1All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

ABL Space Systems is a commercial company based in the United States, founded in 2017. Our records show 1 orbital launches.

Orbital launches per year

23

Last 15 years. Peak: 1 launches in one year.

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
10 Jan 2023	Varisat 1A/1B	RS1	PSCA	Failure

In the news

Recent headlines

ABL Space Systems Exits Commercial Launch Market, Shifts to Missile Defense The Launch Pad · 23 Nov 2024
ABL Space Systems lays off staff SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2024
Fire, fed by leaking engines, destroyed ABL Space Systems rocket SpaceNews · 27 Aug 2024
ABL Space Systems RS1 Rocket Damaged Beyond Repair Following Static Fire Test The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024
ABL loses rocket after static-fire test SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024
Scout Space Signs Launch Agreement with ABL Space Systems for Owlet-01 Telescope The Launch Pad · 10 Jun 2024
ABL Space Systems prepares for second RS1 launch SpaceNews · 26 Oct 2023
ABL gets contract for U.S. Space Force ‘responsive launch’ mission SpaceNews · 18 Sep 2023
ABL Secures $15 Million Space System Command Responsive Launch Contract The Launch Pad · 18 Sep 2023
ABL Space Secures $60M USSF/USAF Demo Contract The Launch Pad · 26 Mar 2023

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.