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That's Not A Knife (DART AE)

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Rocket Lab

That's Not A Knife (DART AE)

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Electron
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Saturday February 28 2026, 00:00:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleElectron
OrbitSuborbital
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
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Mission

Payload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.

Quick facts

VehicleElectron
OrbitSuborbital
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
SiteWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
WindowFriday February 27 2026, 21:00:00 UTC→Saturday February 28 2026, 00:45:00 UTC
Launch CodexDossier

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Trajectory unknown
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
37.833, -75.488
Scrub riskLOW
Go87%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go87%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud100%Temp24°C

Limiting rule: Vehicle-load wind shear — vector wind change per meter of altitude in the max-Q regime. Flagged when shear exceeds typical Falcon 9 / Atlas V structural margin. (max at 44,334 ft)

0.0 ≥ 0.025 /s shear (1 km window, 1.5–55 kft band)