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ABL Space has never launched a rocket, but it just landed a huge contract

Enlarge / ABL’s mobile launch system can be deployed at multiple locations. (credit: ABL Space Systems) A California company that has yet to even attempt a rocket launch has nonetheless inked a major deal with Lockheed Martin for dozens of missions over the next decade. Under terms of the block-buy agreement between ABL Space Systems […]

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ABL Space tapped to launch the first orbital rocket from Britain

Enlarge / Hot fire test of integrated second stage for ABL Space System’s RS1 rocket in the fall of 2020. (credit: ABL Space Systems) Lockheed Martin says it has selected United States-based ABL Space Systems to launch the first orbital rocket from the United Kingdom—a mission that is expected to take place from Scotland in […]