[2] ABL Space Systems was founded in 2017 by Harry O'Hanley and Dan Piemont, former SpaceX and Morgan Stanley employees.

[4] In 2019, the company signed with Spaceport America in New Mexico to locate some ABL testing operations and facilities there.

[7] In 2023, ABL was working on a larger rocket to compete for National Security Space Launch contracts.

[1] In November 2024, after a string of failures ABL announced it was exiting the commercial space orbital launch market, and announced a pivot towards military applications,[9] potentially leveraging their previous launch vehicles and engines to be used in missile defense technologies.

[1] ABL has also closed down their El Segundo office and Mojave Test site, relocating entirely to Long Beach facility.