Rocket Lab will try helicopter recovery of rocket booster – and CEO will eat his hat. by Alan Boyle on August 6, 2019 at 6:50 pm August 8, 2019 at 12:20 am. Share 55 Tweet Share Reddit Email.

A recovery-configured Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle sits on the pad at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand ahead of lift-off for Capella Space.

According to a press release from Rocket Lab sent after the launch, the descent and recovery went exactly as planned: Approximately two and a half minutes after lift-off, at an altitude of around ...

A Rocket Lab recovery ship motored out to the splashdown zone in short order, and crewmembers successfully pulled the booster from the sea. "A successful day of rocket fishing for the recovery team.

Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission will include another marine recovery attempt of the rocket’s booster, the latest step by the company to advance its reusability program.

Rocket Lab has now completed almost 40 launches with an Electron rocket, which is a reusable small rocket. Later this year, Rocket Lab will re-fly a recovered Rutherford engine for the first time. The ...

Rocket Lab has already performed one such recovery this year, during a March 24 mission that lofted two Earth-observation satellites for the Virginia-based company BlackSky.

Updated 7 a.m. Eastern Nov. 20 with stage recovery. WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket Nov. 19, placing nearly 30 smallsats in orbit while making its first attempt to recover ...

Rocket Lab may abandon helicopter recoveries.In comments during a February 28 earnings call, Peter Beck, chief executive of Rocket Lab, said the company was weighing recovering stages from the ...

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For the first time, Rocket Lab will also launch a pre-flown Rutherford engine, a significant milestone in the program to evolve Electron into a reusable rocket. A recovery-configured Rocket Lab ...