Curveball (неизв. ПН) – Electron HASTE (fl89 / suborbital fl9) – Wallops FF, MARS, LC-2 – 11.06.2026 08:00 UTC

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https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/8265/

Curveball
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (UTC)
08:00:00
Thursday June 11, 2026
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Launch time is approximate, precise time not confirmed.

Curveball
Rocket Lab successfully launched its HASTE launch vehicle from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia for an undisclosed customer. The mission was Rocket Lab's 9th HASTE launch overall.
Despite HASTE being advertised as a suborbital launch vehicle, the second stage and kickstage from this mission were cataloged in a 200km orbit with an inclination of 40 degrees by the US Space Force. The payload was not cataloged. Further details are not known due to the classified nature of the mission.
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Несмотря на то, что HASTE позиционируется как суборбитальный запуск, вторая ступень и разгонный блок этой миссии были выведены на орбиту высотой 200 км с наклонением 40 градусов Космическими силами США. Полезная нагрузка не была зарегистрирована. Более подробная информация неизвестна в связи с засекреченностью миссии.

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Dmitry Shulgin (YT)11 июн. 2026г.  MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL SPACEPORT
Rocket Lab launched an Electron HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) suborbital rocket with the "Curveball" mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), or Launch Pad 0C (LP-0C), at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island in Virginia, USA. This launch flew experimental hypersonic vehicle on a suborbital trajectory. The flight took place on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 08:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or at 04:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
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Jonathan's Space Report  No. 857 draft

Rocket Lab
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On Jun 11 Rocket Lab launched a HASTE test vehicle (modified Electron) from the Mid Atlantic
Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island, with the CURVEBALL military test vehicle.
HASTE is usually suborbital but the US Space Force cataloged two rocket stages (presumably
the Electron stage 2 and kick stage) in orbit as a result of the flight. Orbital data for the
objects is secret, and so is whether or not the objects are still in orbit.
The only known declared warning areas are in the western Atlantic.
The likely implication is that HASTE placed CURVEBALL in a low orbit, and then CURVEBALL immediately
used propulsion to deorbit itself in the Atlantic. Since it remained up for less than an  orbit
it was not cataloged, but the rocket stages did stay up and so were recorded in the SATCAT.
INTL.  Catalog 2026-№130

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По некоторым, неподтверждённым, данным, полезная нагрузка в рамках миссии Curveball выведена на околоземную орбиту с параметрами 300 х 350 км х 41 град. В каталоге Космического командования США этой информации нет. Есть вероятность, что она была сведена с орбиты уже на первом витке. Но в каталоге присутствуют данные о верхних ступенях РН Electron. Для них орбита ниже, в районе 200 км.

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https://celestrak.org/satcat/table-satcat.php?INTDES=2026-130&MAX=500

2026-130A     69476   ELECTRON R/B                      US   2026-06-11   WLPIS       R/B   -   NEA
2026-130B     69477   ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B   US   2026-06-11   WLPIS       R/B   -   NEA