NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

HASTE A La Vista

Launch Time
Sun Nov 24, 2024 06:00 UTC

Rocket

Electron
Image Credit: Rocket Lab
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

Mission Details

MACH-TB

This mission provided hypersonic test launch capabilities under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) project, which aims to increase hypersonic flight testing for the United States in support of technology maturation. The project was awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane through the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) vehicle on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC).

Payloads: 1
Suborbital

Location

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

Stats

Rocket Lab

55th mission
13th mission of 2024
51st successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission

Electron

55th mission
13th mission of 2024
51st successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission