2026

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