HASTE | That's Not A Knife (DART AE)
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Launch Window
Feb. 27, 2026, 9 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
Feb. 27, 2026, 9 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
Rocket Lab will launch a HASTE hypersonic test mission for the US Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in 2026 for its HyCat program, an initiative to provide the DIU with valuable hypersonic test data for future hypersonic programs. The mission will deploy a scram-jet powered vehic...
Payload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.
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Delayed to NET February 25.
Tweaked launch window.
Scrubbed for the day.
NET February 27, to be confirmed.
GO for launch on February 27.
Electron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
See DetailsRocket 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.
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