Curveball
Mission State
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
No livestream or replay link is currently attached to this mission.
Launch Updates
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Launch success.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: rocketlabcorp.com -
Liftoff.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: forum.nasaspaceflight.com -
Hold, awaiting propellant losding,
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: x.com -
Added launch per air space closure notices (see also https://twitter.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2062237394133246409).
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: fly.faa.gov
Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Name Origin
Mission Overview
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.
Technical Details
Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Space-Object Catalog
2026-130| Object | Operator | Built by | Mass | Orbit | Status | NORAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electron 89 Stage 2 2026-130A · Stage | Rocket Lab USA | Rocket Lab USA Electron St2 | 250 kg | 189 × 204 km · 40.0° | Decayed 2026-06-12 | 69476 |
Electron 89 Kick Stage 2026-130B · Stage | Rocket Lab USA | Rocket Lab USA Kick Stage | 40 kg | 198 × 199 km · 40.0° | Decayed 2026-06-17 | 69477 |