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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Curveball
Launched
~June 11, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
Summary
Curveball launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on June 11, 2026 at around 08:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 09:15 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 89th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 7,308th orbital launch attempt. It was the 89th Electron flight and the 10th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 89th Electron flight · 10th this yearRocket Lab's 89th launch10th this yearhumanity's 7,308th orbital launch attempt135th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 2 rocket stages; none still in orbit
Electron 89 Stage 2 · re-entered June 12, 2026
Electron 89 Kick Stage · re-entered June 17, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
13th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), 3rd this year · 87th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: around 4 am
13 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
50 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USAOpen in maps
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Questions
When did Curveball launch?
Curveball launched on June 11, 2026 at around 08:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 09:15 UTC. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Curveball?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Curveball?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Curveball launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA. Liftoff was around 4 am local time at the pad.
What orbit was Curveball going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a government/top secret mission.