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After raising nearly half a billion, ABL Space pivots from launch vehicles to missiles
Significant changes are coming to ABL Space Systems. The leader of the seven year old startup took to social media last night to make a big announcement:
The leader of the seven year old startup took to social media last night to make a big announcement: the company will no longer be focusing on the commercial launch market, but will be turning instead to missile defense. During the first flight test in January 2023, the rocket’s nine engines spontaneously shut down shortly after lift-off, leading to it falling back to Earth, hitting the launch pad and being destroyed on impact. Concurrently, Piemont says the company realized that the U.S. is poorly equipped to respond to missile threats: “We recognized that ABL’s technology could help to solve these problems by offering new capabilities with more test ranges, more frequent flights, and more creative R&D.
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