'A perfect flight of the nation's newest hypersonic test platform HASTE.'
in April, stating that it was designed to help test technologies for a hypersonic craft capable of flying at up to Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.
At the time, the company explained that the new launch system would have a strengthened structure and could lift up to 1,540 lbs to suborbital space. As a point of reference, Rocket Lab's standard model Electron lifts up to 660 lbs to low Earth orbit .Rocket Lab's HASTE system uses the same 3D-printed Rutherford engines as Electron, but it has a modified Kick Stage for hypersonic payload deployment.
"Hypersonic and suborbital test capabilities are key priorities for the nation, yet the DoD's ability to test these systems has been limited," Brian Rogers, senior director of Global Launch Services at Rocket Lab explained in April. "With HASTE, we've taken a proven vehicle in Electron and tailored it specifically to deliver highly capable, frequent, and cost-effective hypersonic and suborbital test opportunities from our existing launch site in Virginia.
Rocket Lab, which is based in New Zealand and the US, will exclusively launch HASTE from NASA's Wallops facility, which is predominantly used as a test and research range. It is also currently working on the development of its
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