Rocket Lab said the same infrastructure can support both Electron, its small orbital rocket, and HASTE, an Electron-derived suborbital vehicle used to carry hypersonic test articles and other experimental payloads to high speeds and altitudes. On an Aug. 10 earnings call, Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck said GHOST was developed in response to customer demand rather than speculation about a future market. The first GHOST installation will be at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island, where Rocket Lab plans to establish two pads under a new Launch Complex 4. GHOST is designed to reduce the amount of fixed infrastructure Rocket Lab needs to establish when opening a new launch location. Rocket Lab also sees potential demand from U.S. allies seeking their own launch capability without building a conventional permanent launch complex.