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Long Wall, formerly ABL Space Systems, develops the RS1 small launch vehicle and the GS0 deployable ground launch system for mobile launch operations.
ACTIVELong Wall (formerly ABL Space Systems) is a missile defense company. After exiting commercial orbital launch in November 2024 and rebranding in February 2025, it develops Cyclops, a mass-producible exoatmospheric interceptor, RSX low-cost liquid boosters for flight testing and threat replication, and Ironwood ground support equipment.
Long Wall (formerly ABL Space Systems) is a missile defense company. After exiting commercial orbital launch in November 2024 and rebranding in February 2025, it develops Cyclops, a mass-producible exoatmospheric interceptor, RSX low-cost liquid boosters for flight testing and threat replication, and Ironwood ground support equipment.
Not ranked: No measurable space activity in our data (space-coded federal awards or subcontracts, space revenue in the company’s SEC annual report, an orbital launch, or a space-segment profile: for a defense company or a diversified aerospace group, a subsector naming space work, and for a diversified group a space line cited at $100M or more): scored, but not ranked as a space company.
3 of 7 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 44% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-13 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO
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4 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest government contract
QUINTESSENTIAL CONCEPT ANALYSIS STUDIES
DoD · $1M · Aug 24, 2023
Latest funding round
equity · $41M
Dec 14, 2023
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Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 7 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
3 awards, $1.1M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Aug 6, 2021 to Aug 24, 2023; most from DoD (2 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Aug 24, 2023
Latest space award
$1.0M from DoD
QUINTESSENTIAL CONCEPT ANALYSIS STUDIES
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Aug 24, 2023
Form D notices
1 offering reported on Form D
first sale Dec 14, 2023
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D
First sale Dec 14, 2023
Sourced rounds on record
4 rounds, $459.6M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Department of Defense
2 space awards, $1.1M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 24, 2023
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $5K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Mar 29, 2023
Baillie Gifford
Took part in Series B extension (Oct 25, 2021)
SpaceNews, Oct 25, 2021
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). Long Wall: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/abl-space-systems
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Long Wall: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/abl-space-systems.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Long Wall}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/abl-space-systems}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/abl-space-systems},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}Fidelity Investments
Recorded as lead of Series B extension (Oct 25, 2021)
SpaceNews, Oct 25, 2021
T. Rowe Price
Took part in Series B extension (Oct 25, 2021)
SpaceNews, Oct 25, 2021
Took part in Series A (Aug 3, 2020)
Via Satellite, Aug 3, 2020