NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital

Leidos Mission 5

Launch Time
NET 2025

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

Leidos Mission 5

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.

Payloads: 1
Suborbital

Location

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