Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
That's Not A Knife (DART AE)
Launched
February 28, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
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Summary
That's Not A Knife (DART AE) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on February 28, 2026 at 00:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:00 to 00:45 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 82nd launch and 3rd this year. It was the 82nd Electron flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Suborbital (Sub).
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- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Suborbital (Sub)for DoD
- Milestone
- 82nd Electron flight · 3rd this yearRocket Lab's 82nd launch3rd this year
Webcast
Flight preview
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Payload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
11th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), 1st this year · 85th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 27, 7:00 PM EST, at night
13 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
71 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Mission success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Payload separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2026 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2026 · source
Hold at T-2:56.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2026 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2026 · source
Hold at T-2:55.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2026 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 2/27/2026 · source
New T-0 due to upper level winds.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2026 · source
GO for launch on February 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/26/2026 · source
Questions
When did That's Not A Knife (DART AE) launch?
That's Not A Knife (DART AE) launched on February 28, 2026 at 00:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:00 to 00:45 UTC.
Where can I watch That's Not A Knife (DART AE)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab | HASTE - 'That's Not A Knife' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched That's Not A Knife (DART AE)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did That's Not A Knife (DART AE) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA. Liftoff was Feb 27, 7:00 PM EST local time at the pad.
What orbit was That's Not A Knife (DART AE) going to?
Suborbital (Sub), a government/top secret mission.