HASTE | Curveball

Name: HASTE | Curveball
Start: 2026-06-11T08:00:00Z
End: 2026-06-11T09:15:00Z
Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL

> MISSION DATA

DATEThursday, June 11, 2026

TIME08:00 AM UTC

PROVIDERRocket Lab

ROCKETElectron

PADRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)

LOCATIONWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

ORBITLow Earth Orbit

> MISSION BRIEFING // GOVERNMENT/TOP SECRET

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD. Note: Despite reported as a strictly sub-orbital launch program, this launch was cataloged by the USSF to have left 2 rocket stages in a 200 km, 40° very low Earth orbit by the US Space Force. The payload was not cataloged and may have been deliberately de-orbited.

> SCHEDULE & SOURCE

Source-reported status: Launch Successful. The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch window: 2026-06-11 04:00:00 UTC — 2026-06-11 09:15:00 UTC.

Dates and windows may change. Passing the scheduled time does not confirm a launch outcome.

Launch data from The Space Devs

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