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RS1 | Maiden Flight

RS1 | Maiden Flight

Status: Failure  |  Launched: Jan 10, 2023 23:27 UTC

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.

Launch Provider & Rocket

Mission

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

  • Type: Test Flight
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

  • Pad: Launch Pad 3C
  • Location: Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T17:00:54.526451+00:00.