Leidos-5
Mission State
Rocket Lab has not published a precise launch time yet.
Coverage often appears closer to launch, especially for updated NET dates.
Name Origin
HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) flight for Leidos under the MACH-TB program. Name is a plain customer/sequence identifier with no creative wordplay.
Mission Overview
This mission is a suborbital HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) launch conducted for Leidos as part of a contract for the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division. The HASTE vehicle is a modified Electron rocket designed to provide low-cost, high-cadence flight testing for hypersonic and suborbital payloads. This specific flight supports the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program to accelerate the development of hypersonic technologies.