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Rocket LabLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretHASTE · VAN
Launched 2025-11-18 13:00 UTCRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Success
Reached Suborbital
Rocket Lab
17th
launch this year
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
48 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program.
This mission was lead by MDA and deployed a government-provided primary payload developed by the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), and multiple secondary payloads by federal and industry partners, which tested key technologies for missile defense applications.
The mission was contracted to Rocket Lab through the DIU’s Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) program, an initiative supporting test and evaluation of new and emerging hypersonic technologies through low cost, responsive and long endurance flight testing.
Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems. Its rocket, the Electron, is a light-weight rocket and is now operating commercially. The company is also producing a variety of spacecrafts and spacecrafts components.
Launches
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Successful
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Landings
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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch successful.
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Updated liftoff time.
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Liftoff
IronRain
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Unofficial Webcast by pat o. has started
Launch Library 2
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Delayed to November 18.
Cosmic_Penguin
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No signs of fueling being started.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New T-0.
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Delayed to NET November 17.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch per air space closure notices.
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Height
18m
Diameter
1.2m
To low Earth orbit
300kg
Liftoff thrust
162kN
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