# ABL Space Systems RS-1 Launch Failure
**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rs-1-launch-failure/2591
**Category:** The Happening World
**Tags:** abl-space-systems, rs-1, space
**Created:** [11 January 2023 15:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rs-1-launch-failure/2591 "2023-01-11T15:19:33Z")
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [11 January 2023 15:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rs-1-launch-failure/2591/1 "2023-01-11T15:19:33Z")
Secretive small satellite launch company ABL Space Systems attempted the first launch of their RS-1 rocket yesterday, 2023-01-10, from the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The launch was to place two satellites in polar orbit for OmniTeq. It ended poorly. There was no live stream of the launch attempt and at this writing no pictures or video have been released (I said “secretive”). All we know is that ABL has tweeted.
[](https://twitter.com/ablspacesystems/status/1612960044257247236)
Ahhhh, those “anomalies”. ABL will probably be able to ride out this failure and try again. Jeff Foust reports in _SpaceNews_, “[First ABL Space Systems launch fails](https://spacenews.com/first-abl-space-systems-launch-fails/)”:
> ABL has raised several hundred million dollars from venture capital firms, with Lockheed Martin as both a strategic investor and a major customer. [Lockheed signed a contract in April 2021 for as many as 58 RS1 launches](https://spacenews.com/lockheed-martin-makes-block-buy-of-launches-from-abl-space-systems/) through the end of decade and also selected the RS1 to perform its “U.K. Pathfinder” launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands later in 2023.
While no images of yesterday’s attempt have been released, here is video of testing prior to the attempt released by ABL in October 2022.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjIHe4yPWA)
It is stylish, but not very informative.
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### Author:  [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)
#### Post date: [12 January 2023 17:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rs-1-launch-failure/2591/2 "2023-01-12T17:43:49Z")
What is its ESG rating?
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### Author:  [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [18 January 2023 20:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rs-1-launch-failure/2591/3 "2023-01-18T20:42:34Z")
A week after the “anomaly” ABL have released this update about the Earth-shattering kaboom 22.51 seconds after liftoff of their first orbital flight attempt.
> Additionally, fire spread to our nearby fabric hangar, destroying it and much of the integration equipment stored therein. Debris scattered over a ¼ mile radius and was contained within the designated hazard area.
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [18 January 2023 20:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rs-1-launch-failure/2591/4 "2023-01-18T20:55:01Z")
> [@johnwalker](#):
>
> Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska
Where rockets go to die.
> **[Rocket test launch for Space Force fails to reach orbit](https://phys.org/news/2021-08-rocket-space-orbit.html)**
>
> Astra Space Inc. failed to reach orbit in its rocket launch Saturday, the latest setback for the maker of small rockets used to send satellites into space.
> **[Kodiak rocket launch ends in fiery explosion](https://alaskapublic.org/2020/09/12/kodiak-rocket-launch-ends-in-fiery-explosion/)**
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> The Astra rocket launch from Kodiak on Friday, Sept. 11, failed, sending the rocket spiraling back to earth where it exploded.
[https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/08/kodiak-spaceport-reopens-2014-failure/](https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/08/kodiak-spaceport-reopens-2014-failure/)
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [19 January 2023 01:54 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/abl-space-systems-rs-1-launch-failure/2591/5 "2023-01-19T01:54:26Z")
“… an unwanted fire spread to our avionics system …”
Interesting choice of word. “Unwanted” – as opposed to “wanted”?