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Rocket Lab will soon run its first test of a SpaceX-like rocket booster recovery system that could save it millions per flight – Business Insider Australia
Rocket Lab is about to attempt its first-ever recovery of a rocket booster that’s flown a payload to space and fallen back to Earth.
- Rocket Lab, a small-launch startup in New Zealand, says it will soon try to recover one of its Electron rocket’s boosters for the first time.
- Reusing boosters, as the Elon Musk-founded rocket company SpaceX now does routinely, can save millions of dollars in hardware per flight that’s normally trashed at sea.
- Rocket Lab CEO and founder Peter Beck said the goal is to test a reentry and parachute system on November 15 with the company’s “Return to Sender” mission.
- Though the booster will splash…
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