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Leidos-5

Last Updated: 2 months ago

Leidos-5 is an upcoming Rocket Lab Electron mission for Leidos, targeting no earlier than 2026 from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.

Leidos

Vehicle

Electron

Launch Site

LC-2

Orbit

Unknown

NET 2026 Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Mission State

Schedule

Window to be announced

Rocket Lab has not published a precise launch time yet.

Coverage

Stream not published yet

Coverage often appears closer to launch, especially for updated NET dates.

Launch Updates

13 Sep 2023 07:29 UTC

Added launch

by hitura-nobad Source: investors.rocketlabusa.com

Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).

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.

"Leidos-5"

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.