Launch failure: "After liftoff, RS1 experienced an anomaly and shut down prematurely."
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This page records RS1 | Maiden Flight and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.
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Launch Failure
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LAUNCH SITEPacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Mission
This is the first launch of RS1 launch vehicle developed and built by ABL Space Systems. This launch carries two satellites for OmniTeq.
- Launch vehicle
- RS1
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Pad 3C
- Provider
- Long Wall
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
RS1
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.
- Height
- 26.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.83 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2023-01-10
Recorded timing
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3h 30m windowPublished target
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Mission update
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 site & orbit
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
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