Introducing HASTE: Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron

A suborbital testbed rocket derived from Electron.
Reliable, high-cadence suborbital flight test opportunities to advance hypersonic tech development. Ready for launch from Virginia now. https://t.co/591S2RnwTX https://t.co/LAhzDPh2wF

Rocket Lab Introduces Suborbital Testbed Rocket, Selected for Hypersonic Test Flights

Missile Defense Agency Targets and Countermeasures also selected Rocket Lab to conduct a now-completed study to evaluate a variety of payloads on HASTE, setting the stage for future test flight opportunities. https://t.co/f4r2W2wVu6

The first HASTE rocket is already at LC-2 ready for launch this quarter. We're enabling reliable, high-cadence flight test opportunities to advance hypersonic system development...and we're doing it now. https://t.co/3iUzOOThqY

RT TechCrunch: Rocket Lab adds a suborbital launch option aimed at hypersonic defense customers https://t.co/LRPnqdybg6

We caught up with MorganLBrennan at #SpaceSymposium to talk about HASTE, our new platform for suborbital and hypersonic research. We’re so excited to deliver this capability to our mission partners.

For the first time, we’re going to launch a pre-flown 3D printed Rutherford engine. It has already been to space and back. Now it’s going again.

Learn more about the next major steps in our Electron reusability program: https://t.co/rvv1Olk9H9 https://t.co/bd4Q6WSFls

Our founder and CEO Peter_J_Beck joined WeHaveMECO LIVE today at #SpaceSymposium with ChenrySpace and Redwire's Jonathan Baliff to talk all things space finance and business strategy.

📺Watch the replay! https://t.co/WRvj0pdvoK https://t.co/6pmdLowm35

Launch 2: Coming To A Storm Near You
Pad B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
Lift-off NET May 16, 2023
More info: https://t.co/trR9aWE2zQ https://t.co/ssWhknIPtq

Less than a week to go until lift-off of our first TROPICS mission for NASA from LC-1! #RocketLikeAHurricane

📸: Connor Crawford.

Almost time to #RocketLikeAHurricane for the NASA TROPICS mission 🤘

Learn more: https://t.co/olXThrBdxZ https://t.co/FaaxhkpKzv

This mission is a particularly special one for our team. Earlier this year the region near LC-1 was hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle, so it's a privilege to be launching satellites tasked with monitoring tropical storms and providing actionable data to those in storm paths.

Roll out is underway at Launch Complex 1 ahead of our first NASA TROPICS launch on 1 May UTC. Always love to see the NASA meatball on Electron's fairing! https://t.co/JPjCByGJuK

Our very first NASA launch was the ELaNa-19 mission in 2018. Electron has been providing reliable access to orbit for NASA ever since. We can’t wait to launch the next one, TROPICS, on 1 May UTC. https://t.co/N0DTGY5Vch

RT NASA_LSP: 🛰🛰🚀 Tune in today at 4:00 pm EDT for a news conference for the upcoming launch of the TROPICS satellites!

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A weather front is headed toward LC-1, so we’re pushing lift-off a few days to the right for the #RocketLikeAHurricane launch to deploy the NASA TROPICS satellites. We’ll assess the weather as it evolves over the weekend and confirm the new target date soon. 🌧️🌬️🚀 https://t.co/HQfl1UqHKn

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NASA Cyclone Gabrielle recently hit the communities near LC-1 hard, so the students have been eager to learn how missions like TROPICS can help to provide better forecasting and advance warning of intense storms. Thanks for the NASA team for sharing their time and expertise! https://t.co/I34DjjCE9f

It was great to catch up with RepDLamborn at #SpaceSymposium and talk about our recently announced HASTE program that enables high-cadence hypersonic flight test opportunities. Thanks for stopping by and meeting with the Rocket Lab team! https://t.co/7Xg0TFLG8x