HASTE A La Vista
HASTE A La Vista was a Rocket Lab Electron mission for Leidos that launched successfully at 06:00 UTC on 24 November 2024 (7:00 p.m. NZDT on 24 November; 1:00 a.m. EST on 24 November) from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.
06:00 UTC on 24 November 2024 · 7:00 p.m. NZDT on 24 November · 1:00 a.m. EST on 24 November
Disclaimer: This livestream is from a third-party channel and is not an official Rocket Lab broadcast.
Mission State
This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.
The current watch link is from a third-party source rather than Rocket Lab directly.
Launch Updates
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Launch successful.
by hitura-nobad Source: defense.gov -
Test has finished. Outcome unknown at the moment.
by hitura-nobad Source: x.com -
Liftoff
by hitura-nobad Source: youtube.com
Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).
Name Origin
Technical Details
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Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
UnlikelySun 66° below the horizon at liftoff — full night, the plume stays in Earth's shadow.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 1:00 a.m. EST · 06:00 UTC
- Astronomical dawn (−18°)
- 5:20 a.m. EST · 10:20 UTC
- Nautical dawn (−12°)
- 5:51 a.m. EST · 10:51 UTC
- Civil dawn (−6°)
- 6:23 a.m. EST · 11:23 UTC
- Sunrise
- 6:52 a.m. EST · 11:52 UTC
Twilight times at the pad (Wallops, VA) for the morning of the launch.
What's a rocket jellyfish? When a rocket launches in twilight, the ground is dark but its exhaust plume climbs into sunlight high above. The expanding plume glows against the dark sky in a jellyfish-like shape.
