NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Stonehenge

Launch Time
Sat Dec 14, 2024 01:00 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

Stonehenge (MACH-TB)

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.

Location

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

Stats

Rocket Lab

57th mission
15th mission of 2024
53rd successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission

Electron

57th mission
15th mission of 2024
53rd successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission