https://spacewatch.global/tag/brian-rogers/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:24:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/brian-rogers/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/rocket-lab-launches-2nd-hypersonic-test-mission-in-three-months-for-defense-innovation-unit/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71643 Rocket Lab has successfully launched its latest hypersonic test mission on its HASTE rocket for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The launch supports a critical national priority to advance hypersonic technology for the United States and its allies.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/rocket-lab-launches-haste-mission-for-defense-innovation-unit-and-missile-defense-agency/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69098 Rocket Lab has launched a suborbital mission with its HASTE launch vehicle for the Defense Innovation Unit and Missile Defense Agency, advancing national interests in safeguarding the U.S. through the testing of advanced technologies for missile defense. The launch on HASTE – Rocket Lab’s commercial launch vehicle for regular and reliable hypersonic test flights – took place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, on 18 November. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/rocket-lab-announces-hypersonic-suborbital-launch-success/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62866 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced it successfully launched a suborbital mission in November to test hypersonic technology for the Department of Defense. This mission provided hypersonic test launch capabilities under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) project, which aims to increase hypersonic flight testing for the United States in support of technology maturation. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/rocket-lab-signs-deal-with-leidos-to-launch-four-haste-missions/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51063 Rocket Lab, an aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider, announced on the 12th of September that it has signed a contract with Leidos to launch four HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) missions, reports Business Wire. The four new missions follow on from the success of Rocket Lab’s first HASTE launch for Leidos in June this year. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/rocket-lab-to-launch-haste-mission-from-virginia/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50487 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced it has signed a new launch services agreement with a confidential customer for a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) mission. The mission will consequently launch from Complex 2 at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in 2024. The contract signing with the new customer came just days after Rocket Lab successfully launched the first HASTE mission on 17 June 2023 for Leidos under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program.]]>