June 11, 2026 8:00 am
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Electron
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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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.
Launch Overview
Window Open
04:00 UTC
Window Close
09:15 UTC
Lift Off
Jun 11, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
Launch Facility
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Launch Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Target Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer
Rocket Lab
Payload
Curveball
Rocket
Electron
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location
See Mission Notes
Landing Type
RTLS / Droneship
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.
Height
LEO Payload
Total Launches
Status
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Launch Overview
Window Open
04:00 UTC
Window Close
09:15 UTC
Lift Off
Jun 11, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
Launch Facility
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Launch Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Target Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer
Rocket Lab
Payload
Curveball
Rocket
Electron
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location
See Mission Notes
Landing Type
RTLS / Droneship
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