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That's Not A Knife (DART AE)
ElectronRocket LabRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Saturday, February 28, 2026 · 12:00 AM UTC
Mission brief
The mission
Payload is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle developed by by Australian company Hypersonix.
PayloadThat's Not A Knife (DART AE)
OrbitSub
CustomerRocket Lab
Stages3
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
WeatherNo formal weather concerns published, temperature not reported
Flight plan
Mission timeline
15 / 15100%
The range
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Site locked
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 37.833°N
- Longitude
- 75.488°W
Can I see this?
Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
90%
Go
FavorableNo active constraints
Weather rules
Clear — no formal weather rule concerns published.
- Primary concern
- None published
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
09:00 PM UTC – 12:45 AM UTC
Hardware
Vehicle & provider
Reliability
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.