DART AE

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than 2025

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Part of Rocket Lab's HASTE Program.

DART AE

Wiki

DART AE, produced by Hypersonix, is a three-metre-long, single-use, high-temperature alloy, hydrogen-fuelled, scramjet technology demonstrator. DART AE (Additive Engineering) makes significant use of 3D printing and is powered by a single patented 3D printed SPARTAN scramjet engine. The HASTE rocket will safely bring DART AE to its initial operating speed, allowing DART AE to demonstrate its non-ballistic flight patterns, acceleration, flexible engine burns, and up to 1000 km range, and collect valuable flight data from its journey at hypersonic speed.

Suborbital

1 Payload

300 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Electron

Active Since 2017


Price

$7.50 million

Rocket

Height: 18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 320 kg

Liftoff Thrust

224 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 1.2m

Height: 4.05m

Stages

2

Launch Site

Rocket Lab LC-2 (LP-0C)

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Fastest Turnaround

19 days 19 hours

Stats

Electron


1st

Mission of 2025

Rocket Lab


1st

Mission of 2025