Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:24:00
Sunday June 18, 2023
First launch of Rocket Lab's HASTE program.
MACH-TB is a full-scale test of Leidos' MACH-TB program. The Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program aims to increase the speed of testing of all commercially available hypersonic systems. The program also envisioned the creation of an experimental glide body (EGB) that will allow the team to collect data and validate the performance of hypersonic glide body components.
Suborbital
1 Payload
Agency
Rocket LabPrice
$7.50 million
Rocket
Height: 18m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 320 kg
Liftoff Thrust
224 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1.2m
Height: 4.05m
Stages
2
38th
Mission
6th
Mission of 2023
38th
Mission
6th
Mission of 2023