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Space

Lockheed Martin to Use ABL Space Systems’ RS1 Rockets for Rapid Launches

Frank Wolfe

Monday, April 5th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin to Use ABL Space Systems’ RS1 Rockets for Rapid Launches

The Air Force Research Laboratory is executing acceptance testing for the ABL Space Systems' RS1 rocket (ABL Space Systems Photo)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] may buy up to 58 RS1 rockets by El Segundo, Calif.-based ABL Space Systems, which has aimed to build low-cost launch vehicles and systems for small satellites. ABL Space Systems is to provide Lockheed Martin "with routine launches of RS1 rockets to accelerate payload technologies into orbit," Lockheed Martin said on Apr. 5. "Lockheed Martin will purchase up to 26 vehicles through 2025 and then up to 32 additional launches through 2029. Launches could use a network…

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