ABL Space Systems: General Thread

[deltaV]

On the one hand ABL is not unusual in starting its corporate life with failures - most launch companies start with at least one launch failure and SpaceX started with three Falcon 1 launch failures before its first success. On the other hand the small launch market that ABL is competing in is pretty competitive these days (including Alpha, RFA One, Miura 5, Vega, and Nova) so ABL has to be better than average to survive.

[zubenelgenubi]

Lockheed gave a BIG launch contract to Firefly, and they are investors in ABL ... so it's not a good sign for the ABL company.

Doesn't mean LM won't use ABL when they have operational LV.

Yet to see small LV company fail because of lack of customers. VO, Astra, Vector have all gone bankrupt trying to get LV operational. VO had customers for LauncherOne just not money to see them through last failure. 

Has Astra filed for bankruptcy?  They've gone private, but I'm not sure about bankruptcy.

 - Ed Kyle

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=44689.0
No, at least not yet.

[TrevorMonty]

Lockheed gave a BIG launch contract to Firefly, and they are investors in ABL ... so it's not a good sign for the ABL company.

Doesn't mean LM won't use ABL when they have operational LV.

Yet to see small LV company fail because of lack of customers. VO, Astra, Vector have all gone bankrupt trying to get LV operational. VO had customers for LauncherOne just not money to see them through last failure. 

Has Astra filed for bankruptcy?  They've gone private, but I'm not sure about bankruptcy.

 - Ed Kyle

May as well given value of shares before it went private.

[brussell]

Lockheed gave a BIG launch contract to Firefly, and they are investors in ABL ... so it's not a good sign for the ABL company.

Doesn't mean LM won't use ABL when they have operational LV.

Yet to see small LV company fail because of lack of customers. VO, Astra, Vector have all gone bankrupt trying to get LV operational. VO had customers for LauncherOne just not money to see them through last failure. 

Has Astra filed for bankruptcy?  They've gone private, but I'm not sure about bankruptcy.

 - Ed Kyle

May as well given value of shares before it went private.

But they haven't so... no.