LAUNCH DETAIL

RS-1 Flight 1

First launch attempt of the RS-1 launcher by ABL Space Systems.
Launch Time (UTC)
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2023-01-10 23:27
Launch Time (Local)
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2023-01-10 14:27
Local Timezone
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Alaska Standard Time UTC-9
Completed
 launch

Launcher

Launch Services Provider

Agency Operator

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How to watch

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How to see in person

Launches from the Pacific Spaceport Complex can best be viewed across the bay from Fossil Beach, at Pasagshak Point. The spur road to reach this peninsula can be reached from Pasagshak Road, by turning onto the spur to the southwest after passing Pasagshak State Recreational Site, and before reaching Surfers Beach.

Launch Site

Spaceport Details

Payload

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Payload Details

Two payloads from OmniTeq. An OmniTeq payload dispenser would deploy the two cubesats.

Launch Outcome

Launch Failure

Shortly after lift-off, all nine E-2 engines in the first stage shut-down. The launcher fell back onto the launch site and was destroyed, along with the payload and parts of the launch site.