https://spacewatch.global/tag/the-department-of-wars-defense-innovation-unit-diu/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:53:57 +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/the-department-of-wars-defense-innovation-unit-diu/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/rocket-lab-deploys-commercial-satellite-for-confidential-customer-aboard-electrons-fourth-launch-of-the-year/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71744 Rocket Lab has successfully launched and deployed a single commercial satellite to a 470 km low Earth orbit for a confidential customer aboard its Electron launch vehicle, making it two successful launches for Rocket Lab in less than a week from two different countries. The launch took place within 7 days of Rocket Lab’s most recent mission from its Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, which deployed a hypersonic test flight for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit with its HASTE launch vehicle. ]]> 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.]]>