Electron

Status

Suborbital

DART AE

Launch Time
NET Mar 31, 2025

Part of Rocket Lab's HASTE Program.

Rocket

Electron

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Rocket Lab

Status: Active

Price: $7.5 million

Liftoff Thrust: 224 kN

Payload to LEO: 320 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 18.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 1.2 m

Fairing Height: 4.05 m

Details

Mission Details

DART AE

DART AE, produced by Hypersonix, is a three-metre-long, single-use, high-temperature alloy, hydrogen-fuelled, scramjet technology demonstrator. DART AE (Additive Engineering) makes significant use of 3D printing and is powered by a single patented 3D printed SPARTAN scramjet engine.

The HASTE rocket will safely bring DART AE to its initial operating speed, allowing DART AE to demonstrate its non-ballistic flight patterns, acceleration, flexible engine burns, and up to 1000 km range, and collect valuable flight data from its journey at hypersonic speed.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 300.0 kg

Suborbital

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Location

Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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50th mission

1st mission of 2025

50th mission

1st mission of 2025