Suborbital
DART AE
Scramjet-powered hypersonic suborbital vehicle developed by Australian company Hypersonix. The vehicle is capable of reaching speeds of up to Mach 7 and will be launched on a specialised HASTE, or Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron. It is a modified Electron rocket designed for testing hypersonic payloads.
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Scramjet-powered hypersonic suborbital vehicle developed by Australian company Hypersonix. The vehicle is capable of reaching speeds of up to Mach 7 and will be launched on a specialised HASTE, or Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron. It is a modified Electron rocket designed for testing hypersonic payloads.
The launch
- Launch
- Feb 28
- Launch location
- Pad 0C (Rocket Lab LC-2), Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
- Launch vehicle
- Electron
- Orbit
- Suborbital
Launch intelligence
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "That's Not A Knife" (HASTE) mission on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Rocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron
- COSPAR launch ID
- Not assigned
- Flight profile
- Suborbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Feb 28, 2026, 00:00 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Feb 28
- Pad and location
- Pad 0C (Rocket Lab LC-2), Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
Overcast · 43°F · Wind 8 mph
- Temperature
- 42.7°F
- Wind
- 7.7 mph
- Condition
- Overcast
- Forecast updated
- Feb 27, 2026, 10:00 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
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