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JENNA

Last Updated: 2 months ago

JENNA was a Rocket Lab Electron mission that launched successfully at 00:00 UTC on 23 September 2025 (12:00 p.m. NZST on 23 September; 8:00 p.m. EDT on 22 September) from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.

SUCCESS
Orbit Achieved
Unknown
Vehicle
Launch Site
Orbit
Suborbital
Profile
Government/Top Secret
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 12:00 AM UTC Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

00:00 UTC on 23 September 2025 · 12:00 p.m. NZST on 23 September · 8:00 p.m. EDT on 22 September

Mission State

Schedule
Date and time on file

This mission currently has a dated launch window in the tracker.

Coverage
No stream on file

No livestream or replay link is currently attached to this mission.

Launch Updates

5
  1. Launch success.

  2. Mission completed.

    by Cosmic_Penguin Source: x.com
  3. Liftoff.

    by Cosmic_Penguin Source: x.com

Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).

Name Origin

AI

Fourth HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) flight, for an undisclosed classified U.S. government customer. "JENNA" is an internal mission callsign with no publicly disclosed meaning.

"JENNA"

Mission Overview

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD.

Technical Details

Vehicle
Electron
Rocket Lab launch vehicle
Launch Site
Launch Complex 2
LC-2 · Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Target Orbit
Suborbital
Planned deployment regime
Mission Profile
Government/Top Secret
Mission architecture
Payload Mass
Classified
Booster Recovery
Not attempted
First-stage recovery outcome
Pad Turnaround
Since the previous launch from this pad
Trajectory
Flight Club simulation
flightclub.io
Customer
Unknown
Mission customer

Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.

Was this a jellyfish launch?

High

Sun 12° below the horizon at liftoff — prime twilight.

Details
  • Unlikely
  • Low
  • Moderate
  • High
Liftoff
8:00 p.m. EDT · 00:00 UTC
Sunset
6:58 p.m. EDT · 22:58 UTC
Civil dusk (−6°)
7:24 p.m. EDT · 23:24 UTC
Nautical dusk (−12°)
7:55 p.m. EDT · 23:55 UTC
Astronomical dusk (−18°)
8:26 p.m. EDT · 00:26 UTC

Twilight times at the pad (Wallops, VA) for the evening 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.

Example: Owl New World (RNZ)

Space-Object Catalog

2025-S45
Flight 71 · Suborbital · Success
Catalog data: J. McDowell, planet4589.org (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak