The modified version of the company's Electron Rocket blasted off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Saturday, June 17.
Rocket Lab's new suborbital launch vehicle— Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron — successfully completed a test flight on Saturday, June. 17.
The Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron lifted off at 21:24 EDT from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 2 at Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, according to aThe company tweeted about the successful launch, writing:"Mission success for the launch of our new suborbital launch vehicle! HASTE took to the skies from Rocket Lab LC-2 in Virginia for a suborbital mission at 21:24pm Eastern.
Mission success for the launch of our new suborbital launch vehicle! HASTE took to the skies from Rocket Lab LC-2 in Virginia for a suborbital mission at 21:24pm Eastern. Congratulations to our mission partners, and welcome to a new era of hypersonic test launch capability! pic.twitter.com/nz3V4hCNoTThe company also shared a stunning image taken by rocket photographer Kyle Henry which shows the HASTE rocket as it performed a dogleg maneuver on its way to deploying its payload.
Our first HASTE rocket takes flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 in Virginia with a dogleg maneuver on the way to payload deployment.📸: @kyle_LTS pic.twitter.com/qV6BowE1de
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