Rocket Lab HASTE: Launch Schedule, History & Specs
Rocket Lab's HASTE has launched 9 times since its first flight on 18 June 2023: 9 successes and 0 failures, a success rate of 100%. Its most recent launch was Curveball on 11 June 2026. The next missions on its manifest are Leidos-5, Leidos-4 and Leidos-3, all NET 2026. 3 HASTE missions are on the upcoming manifest.
Upcoming HASTE launches
Dates are UTC. NET means "no earlier than"; a month-only NET is the target month.
HASTE launch history
- Curveball Success
- Bubbles Success
- That's Not A Knife U.S. Space Force Success
- Prometheus Run Success
- JUSTIN Success
- JENNA Success
- Stonehenge Success
- HASTE A La Vista Leidos Success
- Scout's Arrow Leidos Success
Latest HASTE news
- Rocket Lab Awarded $30 Million Contract for HASTE Hypersonic Rocket Launches for Anduril (opens in a new tab) Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab won a $30M contract with Anduril Industries. The deal includes three HASTE hypersonic test launches from Virginia. The first mission launches in less than 12 months.
- Rocket Lab Secures $190M Contract for 20x HASTE Launches, Cements Hypersonics Leadership with Department of War Partnership (opens in a new tab) Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab secures $190M contract for 20 HASTE launches over four years. Largest launch deal ever boosts backlog to 70+ launches, $2B total. MACH-TB 2.0 cements hypersonics defense role.
- Rocket Lab launches hypersonic scramjet vehicle for the US military (opens in a new tab) Space.com
Rocket Lab launched a hypersonic scramjet vehicle for the U.S. military on Feb; 27, 2026, from Wallops Island, Virginia.
- Rocket Lab Prepares To Launch Latest Hypersonic Test Mission for Defense Innovation Unit (opens in a new tab) Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab launches its HASTE rocket for a DIU hypersonic test mission, 'That’s Not A Knife,' no earlier than late February. This marks the fourth hypersonic flight in under six months. It highlights Rocket Lab's…
HASTE
HASTE is a suborbital testbed launch vehicle derived from Electron.
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