Rocket Lab Unveils HASTE Rocket For Rapid Hypersonic Testing

HASTE

A Rocket Lab Electron launches from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. 

Credit: Rocket Lab
A new, suborbital-class booster unveiled by Rocket Lab is designed to support several U.S. Defense Department (DOD) programs focused on accelerating the flight testing of hypersonic technologies. The Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) is described as a “liquid launch vehicle...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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