{"id":21953,"date":"2023-06-19T19:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T11:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-launch-doesnt-get-to-orbit-intentionally\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T11:23:52","slug":"rocket-lab-launch-doesnt-get-to-orbit-intentionally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-launch-doesnt-get-to-orbit-intentionally\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab launch doesn\u2019t get to orbit, intentionally"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-9646163594009601&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=712772469&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783318592&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2023%2F06%2F18%2Frocket-lab-launch-doesnt-get-to-orbit-intentionally%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783318592350&amp;bpp=2&amp;bdt=3752&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Deb38cfaf5314820a%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783318366%3AS%3DALNI_MZNqFbc4J_9Mwx0DA_RKZFv6Rgd_w&amp;gpic=UID%3D0000141585b75109%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783318366%3AS%3DALNI_Mb8Ou0XY9m-6RZcHIoT0NY6XJT4Aw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D81b549665d6763db%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783318366%3AS%3DAA-AfjaPQtwRjAqqOxsOk9A3h9AB&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=7531775536974&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=1171&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=621&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95395661%2C95393485&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=7261408298079223&amp;tmod=792409885&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=1152&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;pgls=CAk.&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=20\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CLTlmamzvZUDFdn4TAIdH4Mcdg\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-36690\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only indication of this launch came, not from Rocket Lab, but from the NASA Wallops Twitter account a few days before the five-day window. Launch eventually occurred on Saturday, June 17th, at 9:24 p.m. Eastern Time. About an hour and a half after launch, official confirmation came from Rocket Lab of 100% mission success. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with an official photo from Rocket Lab came an other photo that spectators took as a result of patience, since the exact launch date and time was unknown. This particular angle also showed that Electron performed a substantial dogleg maneuver a good amount of time into launch. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=AustinDeSisto&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1670260082477596673&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2023%2F06%2F18%2Frocket-lab-launch-doesnt-get-to-orbit-intentionally%2F&amp;sessionId=edc1ba48429e24f5719bdfd253893e3f2b8b70ad&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1670260082477596673\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783318589599212167=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HASTE Flight 1 pulls a major dog leg maneuver on its way to space! Full launch gallery will be available soon on my website link in bio! pic.twitter.com\/wOKShBvUQe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Henry (@kyle_LTS) June 18, 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although this incredible photo shows the intentional drastic change in trajectory, Rocket Lab has not made public the apogee, duration of the flight, or other specific details. Rocket Lab does state that the minimum separation altitude is 80 km (49.6 miles) and separation velocity is 3 to 7.5 km\/s (1.86 to 4.65 miles\/sec)<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-36690',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the limited amount of information Rocket Lab has released, it sounds like the public might not be getting much more than post-launch streaks in the future.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-haste\">What is HASTE?<\/h2>\n<p><ins data-ad-format=\"auto\" class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9646163594009601\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; background-color: transparent; height: 0px;\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_3\" name=\"aswift_3\" style=\"left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; border: 0px; width: 775px; height: 0px; min-height: auto; max-height: none; min-width: auto; max-width: none;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"775\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-9646163594009601&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=1821075794&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783318592&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2023%2F06%2F18%2Frocket-lab-launch-doesnt-get-to-orbit-intentionally%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783318592350&amp;bpp=2&amp;bdt=3752&amp;idt=2&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Deb38cfaf5314820a%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783318366%3AS%3DALNI_MZNqFbc4J_9Mwx0DA_RKZFv6Rgd_w&amp;gpic=UID%3D0000141585b75109%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783318366%3AS%3DALNI_Mb8Ou0XY9m-6RZcHIoT0NY6XJT4Aw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D81b549665d6763db%3AT%3D1783309737%3ART%3D1783318366%3AS%3DAA-AfjaPQtwRjAqqOxsOk9A3h9AB&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280%2C775x280&amp;nras=3&amp;correlator=7531775536974&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=2121&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=621&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95395661%2C95393485&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=7261408298079223&amp;tmod=792409885&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=1152&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;pgls=CAk.&amp;ifi=4&amp;uci=a!4&amp;btvi=3&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=22\" data-google-container-id=\"a!4\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CPT8mamzvZUDFcfvTAId5NEnpQ\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Straight from Rocket Lab\u2019s website, \u201cHASTE is a suborbital testbed launch vehicle derived from Rocket Lab\u2019s heritage Electron rocket\u201d. It is also stated to be high-cadence and reliable due to its close connection with Electron.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"Site default logo image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An additional difference between Electron and HASTE is the ability for different fairings for larger payloads, a modified third stage for advanced maneuvering, and the ability to launch up to 700 kg (1540 lbs). Other than these vague indications stated on the Rocket Lab website, very little is known about HASTE\u2019s other capabilities and specifics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HASTE missions will launch exclusively from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, United States. 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