ABL Space Systems Fails To Reach Orbit During RS1 Debut

Credit: ABL
Startup small-satellite launch service company ABL Space Systems failed to reach orbit with the launch of its first RS1 booster, which lifted off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska’s Kodiak Island at 6:27 p.m. EST on Jan. 10. “Early in today’s flight, all nine of RS1’s E2 engines shut down...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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