HASTE | Prometheus Run (VAN)
Rocket Lab · Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Rocket Lab's 75th launch · 17th this year
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 18, 12:45 – Nov 18, 18:00 UTC
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Prometheus Run (VAN)
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program. This mission was lead by MDA and deployed a government-provided primary payload developed by the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), and multiple secondary payloads by federal and industry partners, which tested key technologies for missile defense applications. The mission was contracted to Rocket Lab through the DIU’s Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) program, an initiative supporting test and evaluation of new and emerging hypersonic technologies through low cost, responsive and long endurance flight testing.
Government/Top Secret · Suborbital (Sub)
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Updates
Launch successful.
hitura-nobad · 11/18/2025 · source
Updated liftoff time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/18/2025 · source
Liftoff
IronRain · 11/18/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by pat o. has started
LL2 · 11/18/2025 · source
Delayed to November 18.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/17/2025 · source
No signs of fueling being started.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/17/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/17/2025 · source
Delayed to NET November 17.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/15/2025 · source
Added launch per air space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2025 · source
Pad — Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Local pad time: Nov 18, 8:00 AM EST
13 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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