Rocket Lab To Launch HASTE Missions From Alaska Under USSF Contract

HASTE on launchpad

The company's HASTE vehicle is a suborbital variant of Rocket Lab's Electron small launch vehicle and uses the same infrastructure.

Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab intends to use a new U.S. Space Force contract to begin suborbital launch activities from Kodiak, Alaska. The service awarded Rocket Lab a $266 million contract for up to 18 launches supporting an undisclosed missile defense mission, a July 21 notice said. The launches under the contract...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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