HASTE | Curveball
Electron launched the Curveball mission for Rocket Lab from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on Jun 11, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
HASTE | Curveball
Launched Jun 11, 2026 5:00:00 PMSuccess
Flight direction
90° E
orbit unknown: due east assumed
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the 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.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Thu, Jun 11 · 5:00:00 PM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Electron
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA