RS1

RS1 is the small launcher of ABL Space Systems. Its only flight, from Kodiak, Alaska, in January 2023, fails moments after liftoff when a fire breaks out in the first stage, and ABL later leaves the launch business.

Launches

1

Success rate

0%

1 failure

First flight

10 January 2023

Maiden Flight

Builder

Long Wall

Height

26.8 m

Diameter

1.8 m

Stages

2

Propellants

Kerosene / LOX

Payload to LEO

1,350 kg

Payload to SSO

1,000 kg

Payload to GTO

400 kg