Long WallRS1Launch Pad 3C, Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Maiden Flight
Launched
January 10, 2023
Image: ABL Space Systems
Summary
Maiden Flight launched on a Long Wall RS1 from Launch Pad 3C, Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA on January 10, 2023. The mission failed: 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. It was Long Wall's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,374th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st RS1 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Result
- 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.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- RS1 · Long Wall
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st RS1 flightLong Wall's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,374th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
About this launch
This is the first launch of RS1 launch vehicle developed and built by ABL Space Systems. This launch carries two satellites for OmniTeq.
Pad
Launch Pad 3C, Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
1st launch from Launch Pad 3C, 1st this year · 9th from Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
1 launches from this pad · 9 from Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USAOpen in maps
Updates
Launch failure: "After liftoff, RS1 experienced an anomaly and shut down prematurely."
Show 9 earlier updates
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 1/10/2023 · source
Updating T-0 and weather
SwGustav · 1/10/2023 · source
Delayed by a day due to high winds
Nosu · 1/9/2023 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/9/2023 · source
Delayed to NET January 9th
Jay · 12/14/2022 · source
NET December 14
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/12/2022 · source
NET December 13
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2022 · source
NET December 12
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2022 · source
NET December 11 LT
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/10/2022 · source
Questions
When did Maiden Flight launch?
Maiden Flight launched on January 10, 2023. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did Maiden Flight fail?
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.
Where can I watch Maiden Flight?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Maiden Flight?
RS1, flown by Long Wall. RS1 spec sheet
Where did Maiden Flight launch from?
Launch Pad 3C, Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA.
What orbit was Maiden Flight going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a test flight mission.