Failure
Maiden Flight
Test Flight
Long Wall(ABL)CommercialRS1
LEOorbit
This is the first launch of RS1 launch vehicle developed and built by ABL Space Systems. This launch carries two satellites for OmniTeq.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:27 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,374
ABL Mission
#1
Pad Launch
#1
Location Launch
#9
Weather GO
70%
Launch Window
NET
Jan 10, 2023, 11:27 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
10:00 PM
Window Open
1:30 AM
Window Close
Social Flight Log
- Jan 10, 2023, 11:52 PM
Launch failure: "After liftoff, RS1 experienced an anomaly and shut down prematurely."
Source - Jan 10, 2023, 11:15 PM
Updating T-0
Source - Jan 10, 2023, 9:17 PM
Updating T-0 and weather
Source - Jan 9, 2023, 4:27 PM
Delayed by a day due to high winds
Source - Jan 9, 2023, 2:07 AM
Go for launch.
Source - Dec 14, 2022, 2:19 AM
Delayed to NET January 9th
Source - Dec 12, 2022, 10:07 PM
NET December 14
Source - Dec 11, 2022, 4:58 PM
NET December 13
Source - Dec 11, 2022, 2:00 AM
NET December 12
Source - Dec 10, 2022, 3:31 AM
NET December 11 LT
Source - Dec 9, 2022, 2:26 PM
NET December 10 LT
Source - Dec 8, 2022, 11:57 PM
Launch scrubbed at T-6 minutes.
Source - Dec 8, 2022, 11:38 PM
New T-0
Source - Dec 8, 2022, 9:46 PM
Updating T-0
Source - Dec 8, 2022, 8:29 PM
Upper level winds acceptable for an attempt today between 22:00 UTC (December 8) and 01:30 UTC (December 9).
Source - Dec 7, 2022, 12:18 AM
TBD due to weather
Source - Dec 2, 2022, 5:17 PM
Setting GO
Source - Nov 21, 2022, 10:43 PM
Abort at T-1.75s. Next window opens on December 7th.
Source - Nov 21, 2022, 10:21 PM
Updating T-0
Source - Nov 21, 2022, 8:34 PM
Updating T-0, weather 60% GO
Source - Nov 19, 2022, 9:12 PM
Updating for next target window and setting GO
Source - Nov 19, 2022, 5:36 AM
NET November 20
Source - Nov 18, 2022, 6:11 PM
NET November 19
Source - Nov 17, 2022, 11:05 PM
Abort at ignition
Source - Nov 17, 2022, 9:21 PM
Delayed 55 minutes
Source - Nov 15, 2022, 11:51 PM
NET November 17
Source - Nov 15, 2022, 5:05 PM
NET late November 16 UTC.
Source - Nov 14, 2022, 10:42 PM
Scrub during propellant fill
Source - Nov 14, 2022, 9:17 PM
Updating T-0
Source - Nov 13, 2022, 10:06 PM
Updating window and setting GO
Source - Nov 12, 2022, 5:55 PM
Revert back to NET November 14 per NOTAMs
Source - Nov 11, 2022, 4:00 PM
NET November 15
Source - Oct 15, 2022, 4:26 AM
NET November 14
Source - Oct 7, 2022, 7:09 AM
Previous air/marine space closure notices for NET October 10 removed pending FAA launch license
Source - Sep 22, 2022, 5:43 PM
NET October 10 per air and marine space closure notices changes
Source - Sep 14, 2022, 1:13 AM
NET September 26
Source - Sep 9, 2022, 4:53 AM
NET September 19
Source - Sep 7, 2022, 4:59 PM
NET September 12
Source - Sep 4, 2022, 5:33 AM
NET September 10
Source - Aug 29, 2022, 11:50 PM
NET September 8
Source - Aug 18, 2022, 2:35 AM
Moved launch date and time per new airspace closure notices.
Source - Aug 10, 2022, 9:07 AM
NET August 29 per TFR FDC 2/6752
Source - Aug 9, 2022, 11:12 PM
NET September
Source - Jan 27, 2022, 8:43 PM
Delayed by three months due to an upper stage test incident
Source
Status Details
Failure Reason
RS1 successfully lifted off and flew nominally for 10.85 seconds until RS1's nine E2 engines as well as other systems on the vehicle shut down simultaneously and communications were lost. ABL believes the cause of failure was a fire in the engine bay of the first stage.
RS1 Specs
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.
Length
26.8 m
Diameter
1.83 m
Thrust
485 kN
LEO Capacity
1,350 kg
GTO Capacity
400 kg
SSO Capacity
1,000 kg
Launch Cost
$12M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2023
Total Launches
1
Successful
0
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
0
Maiden flight: Jan 10, 2023
Long Wall
Long Wall, formerly known as ABL Space Systems is an American company based in El Segundo, California. It used to specialize in launch vehicle and launch systems technology manufacturing using CNC and 3D printing, before leaving the commercial space launch market and pivoting to military applications such as missile systems in November 2024.
Founded
2017
Administrator
CEO: Dan Piemont
Total Launches
1
Successful
0
Failed
1
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
0
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
The Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA), formerly known as the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), is a dual-use commercial and military spaceport for sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles. The facility is owned and operated by the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, a corporation owned by the Government of Alaska, and is located on Kodiak Island in Alaska.
Timezone
America/Anchorage
Local Launch Time
Jan 10, 2023, 2:27 PM
Total Launches
9
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
57.4353, -152.3400