Space Launch Now

RS1

In-active

ABL Space Systems (ABL)

Jan. 10, 2023

Description

2 stage launch vehicle developed by ABL Space Systems using their E2 RP-1/LOX rocket engine. Nine engines are used in the first stage and one in the second stage. The RS1 is designed to be deployed and launched from any suitably flat site using a containerized launch system transported by trucks.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
26.8 m
Diameter
1.83 m
Fairing Diameter
1.83 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
485.0 kN

Family

Name
RS1
Family
―
Variant
1
Alias
―
Full Name
RS1

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$12000000
Low Earth Orbit
1350.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
400.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1000.0 kg

ABL Space Systems

Commercial

CEO: Harry O'Hanley

ABL 2017

ABL Space Systems is an American company based in El Segundo, California, specialized in launch vehicle and launch systems technology manufacturing using CNC and 3D printing.

Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

RS1 | Maiden Flight

ABL Space Systems | United States of America
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Jan. 10, 2023, 11:27 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

This is the first launch of RS1 launch vehicle developed and built by ABL Space Systems. This launch carries two satellites for OmniTeq.

Low Earth Orbit

Explore Share

Recent Launches

Kinetica 1

In Flight

2 hours, 38 minutes ago

Unknown Payload

Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.

Soyuz 2.1b

Success

1 day, 19 hours ago

Resurs-P No.5

31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Resurs-P is a series of Russian commercial Earth observation satellites capable of acquiring high-resolution imagery (resolution up to 1.0 m).

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 22 hours ago

Starlink Group 12-2

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Electron

Success

5 days, 13 hours ago

StriX Launch 6

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Falcon 9

Success

5 days, 16 hours ago

Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers…