ABL Loses Booster Following Launchpad Fire

Credit: ABL Space Systems
Startup ABL Space Systems had been aiming to return its RS1 small satellite launch vehicle to flight following a failed January 2023 debut, but a fire near the company’s Kodiak, Alaska, launch site claimed the booster following a static hot-fire test on July 19. “After a preflight static fire test...
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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