Rocket Lab launches 1st suborbital version of Electron vehicle
Rocket Lab launched the first suborbital version of its Electron vehicle on June 17 under a veil of secrecy only broken by the rocket’s engines. At 9:24 p.m. Eastern, the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) vehicle took off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia. Nearly an hour and…