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Rocket Lab

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Jun 11, 08:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleElectron
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
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Mission

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD. Note: Despite reported as a strictly sub-orbital launch program, this launch was cataloged by the USSF to have left 2 rocket stages in a 200 km, 40° very low Earth orbit by the US Space Force. The payload was not cataloged and may have been deliberately de-orbited.

Quick facts

VehicleElectron
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
SiteWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
WindowJun 11, 04:00:00 UTC→Jun 11, 09:15:00 UTC

Vehicle

Height18 m
Diameter1.2 m
Stages3
ReusableNo
LEO capacity300 kg
Track record87/91 successful
Landings7/9
Acquiring satellite view…
General trajectory
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Launching
East
106° · ESE
37.833, -75.488

Orbital elements (TLE)

Orbit
Apogee204 km
Perigee200 km
Period88.5 min
Inclination40.01°

Launch heading 106° · ESE from Curveball.

OrbitCurveball› cone
1 70110U 26130A 26162.33958333 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9995
2 70110 40.0054 191.1261 0003310 106.3053 018.4000 16.26489871 05

Pre-launch TLEs from Dillon's Space Page. Estimated before flight — the real orbit is confirmed post-launch.

Scrub riskLOW
Go88%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go88%Wind10 ktGusts10 ktCloud50%Temp80°F

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

100% cloud cover in layer above freezing (14396 ft) — approximated

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