ABL Space Systems has received a $15 million contract from the Space Systems Command to execute a responsive space launch demonstration. The SSC said Friday that its Assured Access to Space office awarded the contract under the Small Business Innovative Research Strategic Funding Initiative program in support of its Tactically Responsive Space initiatives. Under the contract, […] More

ABL Space Systems has received a $15 million contract from the Space Systems Command to execute a responsive space launch demonstration. SSC's Assured Access to Space office awarded the contract under the Small Business Innovative Research Strategic Funding Initiative program in support of its Tactically Responsive Space initiatives. More

ABL Space Systems has secured a $60 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to further develop and demonstrate operational flexibility for low-cost launches that support tactically responsive space missions. The service’s AFWERX innovation arm awarded the contract under the Strategic Funding Increase program, ABL said Friday. “This award will help us in further developing […] More

ABL Space Systems has completed the first round of demonstrations aimed at showcasing a capability for the military to prepare and launch missions to space within a day. Airmen at various military installations trained on cryogenic propellant handling and rapid launch operations using the company’s GS0 deployable ground platform and RS1 small rocket, the U.S. […] More

ABL Space Systems plans to use the $200 million fresh capital it raised in a Series B financing round to scale the manufacturing of its R1 rocket and support research and development of future low-cost launch vehicles and systems. The El Segundo, California-based rocket builder said Monday its existing investor syndicate led and joined the […] More

ABL Space Systems has been tapped to serve as the launch provider for NASA’s Cryogenic Demonstration Mission scheduled to launch in 2023 to showcase the in-space transfer of cryogenic liquid hydrogen. The El Segundo, California-based company said Friday the functionality of its GS0 deployable launch infrastructure, designed to activate new launch sites, will be expanded […] More

ABL Space Systems has raised $170 million in a round of Series B financing led by accounts and funds advised by global investment management firm T. Rowe Price Associates. Existing investors, Fidelity Management and Research and an unnamed global investment management firm participated in the new funding round that values ABL at $1.3 billion.

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ABL Space Systems has partnered with Air Force Research Laboratory to develop rocket propulsion components for launch vehicles.

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Sierra Space has built and tested a full-scale version of an inflatable structure at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center as part of its efforts to develop commercial space stations. The company said Monday the ultimate burst pressure test was focused on the Large Integrated Flexible Environment habitat's restraint layer developed in partnership with ILC Dover.

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Lockheed Martin's space business conducted a demonstration of its wideband electronically steerable antenna payload that is capable of performing missions on orbit faster than traditional sensors. The Tantrum payload demonstrator is expected to be onboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha launch vehicle when it lifts off in December, Lockheed announced Monday.

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Frontier Technology Inc. will establish its Operational Research Bridge for Innovation and Technology Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to facilitate secure collaboration and knowledge transfer in the space operations domain. FTI will invest $15 million in the construction of the new 46,000-square-foot secure facility and create 200 job opportunities in advanced visualization, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science and software engineering, the Colorado Springs Chamber & Economic Development Corporation announced Tuesday.

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Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman have unveiled plans to collaborate to enhance the capabilities of the Starlab space station and Cygnus spacecraft. The teaming agreement involves developing a fully autonomous rendezvous docking system to upgrade Cygnus and use it in Starlab missions.

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