2026 · Rocket Lab
Curveball
successHASTE | Curveball
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 11, 2026 at 08:00 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Mission
- Curveball
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit