Rocket Lab / MISSION BRIEFING
Curveball
Electron · Government/Top Secret
Success
LAUNCH TIMEMISSION COMPLETETiming is subject to mission updates
Mission image · https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/e6cefffc-19a6-4a4b-a7f0-ebe907d5a6aa/
Mission overview
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program, details TBD. Note: Despite reported as a strictly sub-orbital launch program, this launch was cataloged by the USSF to have left 2 rocket stages in a 200 km, 40° very low Earth orbit by the US Space Force. The payload was not cataloged and may have been deliberately de-orbited.
- Mission
- Curveball
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Timeline
Scheduled event sequence from Launch Library 2. These are planned milestones, not confirmed telemetry. Events remain unconfirmed until a verified source reports them.
A verified event timeline has not been published for this mission.
Mission intelligence
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Schedule history
No changes recorded
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Rocket
ElectronRocket Lab · United StatesElectron is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle (with an optional third stage) developed by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. Electron is a small-lift launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites and cubesats to sun-synchronous orbit and low earth orbit. The Electron is the first orbital class rocket to use electric-pump-fed engines, powered by the 9 Rutherford engines on the first stage. It is also used as a suborbital testbed (called HASTE) for hypersonics research.
Payload
Curveball
Payload details are described in the mission overview. No independently structured payload manifest or payload mass has been provided by the source.
Target orbit
SCHEMATIC · NOT A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Classification
- LEO
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Latitude
- 37.83326°
- Longitude
- -75.48824°
- Country
- United States
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Live & mission coverage
No verified official livestream has been announced. Check mission sources for coverage updates.
Sources
Source links and confidence are preserved with each mission. Official updates take priority when verified.
Launch Library 2high · P80
ll.thespacedevs.com · Updated Jun 25, 2026 18:07 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
rocketlabcorp.com · Updated Jun 25, 2026 18:07 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
forum.nasaspaceflight.com · Updated Jun 25, 2026 18:07 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
x.com · Updated Jun 25, 2026 18:07 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
www.fly.faa.gov · Updated Jun 25, 2026 18:07 UTCMission photographs are provided by the original sources. Their rights remain with their creators; consult the source before reusing an image.