About this event
Wallops Island Launch update — June 3, 2026. Fresh off the wire. A new FAA Current Operations Plan Advisory just dropped, and it confirms a Rocket Lab mission out of Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia — listed as "Curveball." Rocket Lab flies HASTE from Wallops, so this is most likely a HASTE mission. Primary launch window opens June 11, 2026, at 12:00 AM EDT and runs through 5:15 AM EDT. The backup window is the same overnight slot the following night, June 12. This lines up exactly with the local mariners' notices already issued for the June 11–17 overnight windows — midnight to 5:15 AM EDT. The FAA advisory is the confirmation we've been waiting on, and it puts Curveball on the first night of that run. Here's the relevant line straight from the advisory: ROCKET LAB CURVEBALL, WFF, VA
Source: Chincoteague Chamber