Prometheus Run
Prometheus Run was a Rocket Lab Electron mission that launched successfully at 13:00 UTC on 18 November 2025 (2:00 a.m. NZDT on 19 November; 8:00 a.m. EST on 18 November) from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.
13:00 UTC on 18 November 2025 · 2:00 a.m. NZDT on 19 November · 8:00 a.m. EST on 18 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: investors.rocketlabcorp.com -
Updated liftoff time.
by Cosmic_Penguin Source: youtube.com -
Liftoff
by IronRain Source: youtube.com
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. This mission was lead by MDA and deployed a government-provided primary payload developed by the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), and multiple secondary payloads by federal and industry partners, which tested key technologies for missile defense applications. The mission was contracted to Rocket Lab through the DIU’s Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) program, an initiative supporting test and evaluation of new and emerging hypersonic technologies through low cost, responsive and long endurance flight testing.
Technical Details
Launch data cross-checked against Wikipedia.
Was this a jellyfish launch?
UnlikelySun 12° above the horizon at liftoff — daylight, the sky is too bright.
Details
- Unlikely
- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Liftoff
- 8:00 a.m. EST · 13:00 UTC
- Astronomical dawn (−18°)
- 5:14 a.m. EST · 10:14 UTC
- Nautical dawn (−12°)
- 5:45 a.m. EST · 10:45 UTC
- Civil dawn (−6°)
- 6:17 a.m. EST · 11:17 UTC
- Sunrise
- 6:45 a.m. EST · 11:45 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.