Electron/HASTE | Curveball | 11.06.2026

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Komunikat FAA  potwierdzający misję Rocket Lab z Wallops Flight Facility w Wirginii — oznaczoną jako „Curveball”.
Start z LC-2 NET 11.06.2026.

EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt 8:18 PM · Jun 3, 2026
Wallops Island launch update — June 3, 2026. Fresh off the wire.

A new FAA Current Operations Plan Advisory just hit, confirming a Rocket Lab mission out of Wallops Flight Facility, VA — listed as "Curveball." Rocket Lab flies HASTE from Wallops, so this is most likely a HASTE mission.

Primary window opens June 11, 2026, at 12:00 AM EDT and runs to 5:15 AM EDT. Backup is the same overnight slot on June 12.

This matches the local mariners' notices already out for the June 11–17 overnight windows — midnight to 5:15 AM EDT. The advisory is the confirmation, and it puts Curveball on night one of the run.

Straight from the advisory:

ROCKET LAB CURVEBALL, WFF, VA
PRIMARY: 06/11/26 0400Z-0915Z
BACKUP: 06/12/26 0400Z-0915Z

Things are moving. Stay tuned.
@NASASpaceflight

https://x.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2062237394133246409

2) Owiewka wygląda zauważalnie krócej niż w kilku misjach HASTE.

EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt Last edited 11:26 PM · Jun 6, 2026
NASA Wallops Island update — June 6, 2026. Curveball is vertical.

We've been checking the pad multiple times over the last few days to catch the Rocket Lab vehicle the moment it first went vertical — and today we got it. Curveball is standing tall on the pad, most likely a HASTE mission.

One thing that jumps out in the photos: the fairing on this one looks noticeably shorter than couple of  HASTE missions. Worth watching as more details emerge.

It wasn't vertical for long, so this is definitely not a wet dress rehearsal. We'll keep checking over the next few days for a WDR ahead of the launch attempt.

Reminder: the window opens the night of June 11 at 12:00 AM EDT and runs to 5:15 AM EDT (0400Z–0915Z), with backups every night through June 17.

Hopefully a good attempt and some nice footage.
@NASASpaceflight

https://x.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2063371901725032868

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Podano daty startu.

EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt 11:03 PM · Jun 9, 2026
NASA Wallops Island launch update — June 9, 2026. TFRs are in for Curveball.
Temporary Flight Restrictions are now posted for Rocket Lab's Curveball mission. Three nights covered so far:

Primary: June 11, 11:50 PM – 5:15 AM EDT
Backup: June 12, 11:50 PM – 5:15 AM EDT
Backup: June 13, 11:50 PM – 5:15 AM EDT

NOTAMs 06/201 and 06/202 are also in, covering the NASA WFF Curveball Area B and Area C downrange oceanic hazard corridors in the New York Oceanic ARTCC — active June 11, 12:00 AM to 5:15 AM EDT.
Separately, the sounding rocket pad just south of the main pads had its cover removed today with a rocket visible on the launch erector. We'll watch for TFRs on that one too.
@NASASpaceflight

https://x.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2064453445726421437


2) Przed startem do suborbitalnego testu hipersonicznego HASTE „Curveball”.

Will Hall @will__hall1 1:44 AM · Jun 11, 2026
@RocketLab Electron is on the pad at Wallops for tonight’s late-night HASTE “Curveball” suborbital hypersonic test! Weather looks iffy but hopefully clearing for a launch around midnight EDT. Fingers crossed!  #RocketLab #Electron #HASTE #Curveball #Wallops #SpaceLaunch
$RKLB

https://twitter.com/will__hall1/status/2064856272428531878

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EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt 4:11 AM · Jun 11, 2026·
Wallops Island launch update — June 11, 2026. About an hour and fifteen out.
On site at Wallops for the Rocket Lab HASTE Curveball launch attempt. The rocket is vertical on the pad and barely lit up in the dark. Window opens at 12:00 AM EDT, runs to 5:15 AM EDT.
No propellant loading visible yet. Watching closely.

It really is dark out here. They have all the bright lights off and the red lights on. They do it for the turtles.

https://x.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2064893352684781947

2) Tankowanie rakiety.

EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt 6:25 AM · Jun 11, 2026
NASA Wallops launch update: Rocket HASTE mission Curveball, Propellant is now loading. The rocket is getting frosty.

https://x.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2064926894311518625

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Świetny widok kriogenicznej chmury kondensacyjnej uchodzącej z rakiety podczas tankowania i oświetlonej światłami platformy startowej oznacza, uzyskanej dzięki 8-sekundowej ekspozycji na tym zdjęciu (widać cały obszar ulatniającego się w ciemnościach dymu ciekłego tlenu).

EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt 7:13 AM · Jun 11, 2026
Wallops Island launch update — June 11, 2026. Curveball is looking frosty.
Propellant loading is underway on Rocket Lab HASTE Mission Curveball. That cryogenic condensation cloud venting off the vehicle and lit up by the pad lights means we are getting close.
8-second exposure on this one — caught the full sweep of the LOX venting plume in the dark.
Hoping for a launch soon.
@NASASpaceflight

https://twitter.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2064938945691934857

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Start nastąpił ok. 08:00 UTC.

EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt·Jun 11
I did get some comments on my Facebook post from some locals who spotted it and posted a video. It looks like it launched around 4 AM.

EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt
Video from Facebook comment on my posts last night/this morning.
🎥 Heather Eberly

https://twitter.com/EShoreSpaceflt/status/2065054563061678385

2) Oficjalny komunikat Rocket Lab.

Mission Name HASTE
Vehicle HASTE
Launch Date Undisclosed
Launch Time Undisclosed
Launch Site Launch Complex 2

Rocket Lab successfully launched its HASTE launch vehicle from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia for an undisclosed customer. The mission was Rocket Lab's 9th HASTE launch overall.

A suborbital variant of Electron - the world’s most frequently launched small orbital rocket - HASTE includes much of the same innovative technology as Electron, including carbon fiber composite structures and 3D printed rocket engines, but has a modified upper Kick Stage tailored for hypersonic technology tests and a larger payload capacity of up to 700 kg / 1,540 lbs. HASTE can deploy technologies at speeds of more than 7.5km per second to test air-breathing, glide, and ballistic payloads, as well as technologies to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere from space. Combined, the HASTE and Electron launch vehicles have deployed 200+ payloads for government and commercial customers to date.

https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/launches/haste-9/

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Aktualizacje:

Jonathan McDowell @planet4589·Jun 14
@dillonshrop6 any clues? Reentry NOTAMs could be mid-Atlantic for normal HASTE launch, or Indian Ocean for a marginal-orbit one...

Jonathan McDowell @planet4589·Jun 14
@RocketLab @Peter_J_Beck can you confirm/deny if the Jun 11 HASTE launch left stages in orbit, or is this a cataloging mistake?

Cosmic Penguin @Cosmic_Penguin·Jun 14
https://space-notices.com/entry/launch-haste-curveball
I didn’t see anything outside of the Atlantic that could be related to this from a few days ago.

Jonathan McDowell@planet4589·Jun 14
That at least constrains the orbit

Lukas C. H.@GewoonLukas_·Jun 14
I wonder if the USSF detected the stages while they were still in-flight (before SECO). If I recall correctly there have been cases where the first set of TLE's released for an orbital launch showed it being suborbital.

Jonathan McDowell @planet4589·Jun 14
The second sentence is true. But there has never been a case where a suborbital launch has been cataloged, with the exception of Landsat-6, an error which was retracted the following day and the catalog / intl id reused.

https://x.com/planet4589/status/2065924889001811992

2) Wystrzelono misję Curveball dla nieznanego klienta.
Orbita jest szacunkowa i opiera się na ograniczonych danych Space-Track.
Prawdopodobnie przedstawia trajektorię tuż przed odpaleniem silnika, który ma przyspieszyć powrót ładunku w atmosferę, umożliwiając przeprowadzenie hipersonicznego testu lotu atmosferycznego.
11.06.2026  08:10 UTC   6577   0,0001    h=198x199 km   
https://orbitalfocus.uk/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2026#130

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 12:29 PM · Jun 15, 2026
Based on the orbital parameters released on http://Space-Track.org I mocked up a TLE for the CURVEBALL objects. Another possibility for the mission is that the payload completed most of an orbit and was recovered over the Western US, e.g. at the Utah Test and Training Range

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/2066468234790883576

Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 12:48 PM · Jun 15, 2026
I would however expect in that case an environmental assessment document  for space recoveries at UTTR - there was one for the Varda recoveries there but not a more general one as far as I know. So that argues against this theory....

Jonathan McDowell @planet4589·Jun 15
I'll note that Bob Christy's theory is that although the kick stage was cataloged, it was in fact deorbited with the payload, presumably on first orbit, removing the need to assume the payload had its own propulsion

https://x.com/planet4589/status/2066472812156420387

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Decay dates have been published:
2026-130A on June 12
2026-130B on June 17

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